Yesterday was one of those hard days that every parent has walked through. By 4 o’clock, the kids and I had only one option for making through the rest of the afternoon. Nappy hour. Someone needed a nap, and since Nate, Sam, and Ellie weren’t volunteering, I took one for the team. Sure enough, as...Continue Reading

Catie’s sixth birthday was a bit anticlimactic this year. The new baby and new school (and the new bus ride!) really took the focus off the countdown we’ve had in past years (only two more months until my birthday!). Really it’s the curse of August and September birthday kids throughout history. There’s nothing more significant...Continue Reading

Oh, the paradox of breastfeeding. Yes, producing milk for Nate’s late-night gnoshing sessions is burning lots of calories. In a perfect world? The calories I’m eating to produce that breast milk would not be Pretzel M&Ms and coffee–there would also be some veggies and lean protein thrown in. But Nate has had enough fussy nights...Continue Reading

For as much chattering as Catie does, it’s amazingly difficult to get her to talk about her day. It was a problem in Kindergarten, when we officially entered the “What did you learn at school today?” “Nothing.”Phase of our relationship. Our agreement was that I would tell her something about my day (in which I...Continue Reading

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it just about every blog entry. Nothing gives a mother of twins greater joy than when they’re playing together. Two three-year-olds…born within a minute of each other…raised in exactly the same environment…rarely separated for more than a few minutes a day? They have a lot to talk about....Continue Reading