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Fear and Tears in the Rainforest

Last week we celebrated the twins’ birthday at Rainforest Cafe. Tears and screaming and a seven-foot frog. And that wasn’t only at our table. Crazy. That’s what the…

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ByChristinaJul 2, 2010
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Just You and Me, Kid

“Just you and me, Mommy!” are the exact words Sam said to me this week as we dropped the girls off for ballet camp. With the girls occupied…

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ByChristinaJul 1, 2010
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Four Times the Charm

Conventional wisdom among twin moms–or really anyone who thinks about it for a minute or two–is that having twins after a singleton is not the easy way to…

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ByChristinaJun 30, 2010
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Welcome to Week 34!

Sam and Ellie on June 23, 2007 (34 weeks gestational age). It’s been a week since I’ve posted anything. But what a week it’s been. Fathers Day, Sam’s…

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ByChristinaJun 29, 2010
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The Fathers Day Stroll

Sam has been embracing his inner daddy since he was old enough to march around the kitchen with a stroller and call Ellie, “honey, mommy.”It must be the…

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ByChristinaJun 20, 2010
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Two Months of Sweat Equity

Dining Room After–> Dining Room Before Nearly every day since April there has been one activity on our family’s list of things to do: the rental house. Remember…

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ByChristinaJun 19, 2010
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We Don’t Throw Away Trophies

I’m sure that we save those. Plastic and so cheap you can imagine the $2.99 price tag that once hung from them, but we will keep these forever.…

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ByChristinaJun 16, 2010
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Potty-Trained! High Five!

Maybe I seem a bit obsessed with the twins’ potty-training. The process really has dominated our summer so far. But now they seem to be done. In one…

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ByChristinaJun 15, 2010
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Staycation

There was a time that my list of hobbies included, “travel.” Back when I was a teacher and two months off meant hair-brained schemes like renting a car…

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ByChristinaJun 15, 2010