Playing house

Little Girl (age 7) was playing house out in the yard with the neighbor kids. She had laid out a few beach towels and set up her stuffed animals on one. Little Boy (her twin) came up and asked if he could play. “I’m the Mommy,” she said. “And P is the daddy. You can

It’s Hard to Be a Twin

The twins just celebrated their birthday last weekend. Twin birthday planning can be difficult, especially with boy/girl twins, because we need to have two different themes. Last year we did Frozen/Pokemon. Just try to make a unified-looking party with THAT combination. I was setting up the table decorations for this year’s party (Barbie/Mario themed) and

Trick or Treat

When the twins got back from trick-or-treating I immediately began inspecting their candy. I could have been looking for safety reasons, trying to find suspicious-looking things like unwrapped candies or (gasp!) home-made treats. I wasn’t, of course. Pawing through Little Girl’s plastic pumpkin, I asked, “Did you get anything good?” “Oh yes,” she said excitedly.

The Water Bottle

The twins got off the school bus on Friday full of excitement. Little Girl said, “Guess what? Some one threw a water bottle out of the bus window and the bus driver yelled, ‘Whose water bottle was that?’ but no one said anything. The bus driver was really mad about it.” She was bursting with

It was nice while it lasted

I hand-stitched a pair of quilts for the twins. It took me over two years, but on Saturday I was finally able to put the new quilts on their beds. I really was proud of how it looked, like a grown-up kids’ room. This morning I was awakened with the news: “Mommy, I accidentally peed

The ABC’s of My Trip

I just flew across the ocean with my kids. Twice. This is not the first time I’ve made this trip. Nor will it be the last, unfortunately. But this is the first time I’ve decided to make an illustrated alphabetical list about the trip. ENJOY. Little Girl was highly suspicious of the apple juice on the airplane. “Why is

That’s My Boy

Little Boy is six years old.  It’s a tough life for him because he has –count them!– FOUR older sisters. Even his twin sister is three minutes older than he is.  The bright side of this is that he really knows how to get along with girls.  And he’s used to taking orders from them too!

A Conversation Between the Twins

Little Boy: Do you know the name of my best friend at school ? Little Girl: No.  Little Boy: It starts with a D. Duh duh duh… Little Girl: Dominick? Little Boy: No. Duh duh duh… Little Girl: Dustin? Little Boy: No. Duh duh duh… Little Girl: Just tell me.  Little Boy: Dakota.  Little Girl: Okay.  Little Boy: But I don’t think you would like

This is Why We Don’t Go Shopping Very Often

I took the kids to “Bed Bath and Beyond” because GG (aged 14) wanted to buy a complicated hair straightening tool. I really don’t know why. Me: But you already HAVE a hair straightener. GG; It doesn’t work well enough. Me: And besides, your hair is already straight. GG; It isn’t straight ENOUGH. Me: Whatever.

They are getting smarter

The twins are at the end of their first year of big school, and they have grown a lot in Kindergarten. Here are their spring pictures on the wall. Aren’t they cute? They are learning to read and write as well. This is exciting because is means that they no longer have to be limited