The twins officially kicked off Hergenrader Birthday Season on June 23 with princess and tractor cakes and gymnastics and more fun than their three-year-old minds could imagine. The next day was M’s birthday (which, incidentally, was also the day Apple released the iPhone and, incidentally, the day M got one). It was a bit of...Continue Reading
Of all the things I’ve been waiting for, my late thirties was not one of them. I know…birthdays are better than the alternative and you’re only as young as you feel. But I feel really old. Usually rolling around on the floor with the kids makes me feel young. Except when the not-sleeping-more-than-two-hour stretches and...Continue Reading
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
Just when I thought I was out of the postpartum woods, my wonderful friend Jen made this video of Nate’s birth. Click on that link to see if you can finish it with dry eyes.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
So, life has been a bit chaotic this month. But in the four weeks since Nate was born, it seems like we’ve all (kinda sorta) adjusted to a sixth member of the family. The kids have started new schools with the whole shebang of new teachers and new friends and new schedules. The twins are...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
