The other night around 4am Lulu started to kick up. She wouldn’t settle and I kept thinking- dear God, no!!! I was exhausted, Jungledad still on the volcano (but he comes back tomorrow- woot!) and my body refusing to move. Then it happened. The earth moved- for real. There are earthquakes on this island all [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Thank God for Moderate Earthquakes
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged babies waking up in the night, exhausted parents, island life, volcanoes, when earthquakes are helpful, you never know what will calm a baby on February 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
You Won’t Say “Duck” but you’ll say “Viagra” ? Explain!
Posted in The Joy of Twins on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are having a devil of a time teaching the girls to speak. Mumu prefers to call everything “this” or “that.” My husband has been trying exhaustively to get her to say “Duck” to the rubber duckies in the bath every night. No dice.
A few nights ago we were watching the news, and I swear, [...]
Favorite Things: Part Deux
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged the sunny side of life, these are a few of my favorite things, things that make you happy, things that make you smile, things to cheer you up when your spouse is away on February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jungledad is back on top of the volcano To console myself and get into the right frame of mind for solo twin duty, I am once again calling on a dear, dear friend: Julie Andrews. That dame is class. My favorite things, part deux:
So sexy and fun and romantic. J’adore
Mmmmmm. Black Raspberry [...]
Head Between my Knees
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged 1 year check-up, baby TB test, chicken pox vaccine, child epilepsy, drama in the pediatrician's office, MMR, seeing moms on the verge of a breakdown, twin, vaccinations for 1 year olds, wanting to intercede when a child is in danger on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Whew we! Just got back from the 1 year physical and wondering why no one told me about the drama that is ‘the TB test.” I was kind of thrown when the doc said we’d be doing it along with the usual suspects (MMR, Chicken Pox, etc). I’ve certainly had TB tests before. I do [...]
Tots Behaving Badly
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged First birthday party, kids are hilarious and fun, kids being naughty at birthday parties, milestones, mortified parents, so much fun with a house full of kids, twin birthday party on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday our precious little Valentines Day twinnies turned 1. I had planned on reflecting back on all the high and lows of the first year of babyhood and motherhood, but instead all I can think about is the other young attendees to the birthday party, how naughty they were, and how much I LOVED IT.
Don’t [...]
Let the Kid Have Some Frikin’ Candy ya Big Meanie!
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged being a minority for the first time, Bride Wars, Hot topics in the Mother's Group, island life, making true assumptions about white people, Mothers forbing fun, parents overzealously fighting consumerism, strict parenting on February 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So nowadays I am treating Mommy Movie Night as an anthropological expedition. After the merging the two clans (one certifiable), what can I do but swallow my fear and find a way to cope? Not going was not an option. Bride Wars, yo.
In the end the movie was so-so, I’ve forgotten most [...]
Lost in Translation
Posted in The Joy of Twins, island life, tagged adapting to new climates, babies, big moves with little babies, dry air, moist air, twins, what do babies remember? on February 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The girls are worshiping the dehumidifier like a false idol. They hug it, talk to it, turn its knobs and squeal with delight when it starts. Its love. I tried to explain the weirdness of this to some friends and fam, most of them New Englanders, but the humor was lost. Dehumidifiers don’t translate.
I get [...]
To Friend or Not to Friend: That is Facebook
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged avoiding facebook wars, facebook friend issues, ridiculous facebook dilemmas, to friend or not to friend on facebook on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Aw geez, I’m writing about Facebook. What have I been reduced to?
Anyway, I have a bit of a dilemma. I will preface this by saying that I resisted Facebook for as long as possible out of fear that random people from my past would hunt me down and bother me. I caved in when my [...]
Lemons are the New Cheerios
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged babies snacking on lemons, free for the taking tables, if you can't beat up join em, kids and cheerios, lemon trees, snacks for babies, the magical powers of cheerios, when life gives you lemons on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Until recently, I was unaware of the power of Cheerios. I thought they were just a breakfast cereal, silly me! No one told me about the magical powers they have over children, how the girls can be going nuclear, and all I have to do is drop a little pile of Cheerios in front of [...]
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