parenthood

Happy Mother’s Day

I love quotes. So for Mother’s Day I share with you some special ones that I gathered a few years ago.
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, American man of letters
There is in all this cold and hollow world
No fount of deep, strong, […]


Crayons, the new Tequila

You know that you’ve crossed over into parenthood with no chance of going back when you use your shot glasses to hold crayons.


Peace

Today the boys and I started off trying to go the neighborhood park.  I say try because there is an elementary school next door and one of the teachers decided to unleash her class on us after only about 10 minutes.  It was awful as 15 kids ran over the boys and even hit me […]


Reverse Rant

This morning I tried to go to the gym for the first time in a week but the day care was full.  So I decided to take the boys to our neighborhood park, which is still driving distance from our house, but a lot of fun.  There were three other mothers there with children around […]


Why I do this the way that I do

Last summer a very good friend expressed concerns about putting yourself so “out there” onto the internet using social websites and blogs. At the time I wasn’t sure how to express myself accurately to him about why I was so open with this blog. Brad and I have since had many, many conversations […]


Random

Most awesome search results to my blog “twins are taking over my life”.
Am I more cool or less cool for playing peek a boo when Siouxsie and the Banshee’s song “Peek-A-Boo” comes on?
We’ve passed a huge milestone. The boys will stand still and not move for a few moments, just because I asked them […]


You Know that You’re a Mom of Twins When…

You know you’re the mom of twins under two years old when going to the dentist to have 4 cavities filled puts you to sleep. Seriously, I dozed off for a few moments during a short break in the process. Not sure if the dental assistant realized it or not but she woke […]


Love

The time between the morning nap and the afternoon nap today SUCKED. The boys were both a mess and I ended up such a mess that at one point I even locked us out of the house. But this post is not all about that insanity so I’m not even going to go […]


Cling

Some people have static cling. I have baby cling. Sometimes it’s Forest cling, other times it’s Logan cling, sometimes it’s both at the same time which gets really crazy.
Logan has been very clingy this week. I don’t remember him ever being like this. A mother’s selective memory, I’m very certain. […]


Educational Games

I need help. I want stuff to do with the boys during the day that doesn’t just fill the time. I’d like to find ways to have more structure but also provide educational activities. I realize that they are learning all the time from every thing we do but still, I think […]