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Way Back When-esday 2008-07-30 06:00:00 Dateline: January 2006Twins' Age: FourShare a favorite shot of yours from "Way Back When" and add it to the Mr. Linky below!
Potty Talk Tuesday 2008-07-29 20:46:00 Hollered from the bathroom...Sarah: "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! Come Here, QUICK!"Mommy: "What, Honey? Are you okay?"Sarah: "Guess what? I just figured out I can poo MUCH faster if I do this."[Imagine a squinty eyed, squinched nose, strain-implied face here]At least I spared you (and her) THAT photo... Read more:Tuesday
Tuesday Twinterview 2008-07-29 08:27:00 Once again, over breakfast..."What's the best part about having a sister/brother over the summer, and what's your favorite summer thing to do together?"Darren: "Going to Great Wolf Lodge."Mommy: "And that's the best thing about having a sister over the summer?"Darren: "Yes, and it's the best thing to do, too."...and hand to Heaven, asked entirely separately...Sarah: "Going to Great Wolf Lodge."Mom Read more:Tuesday
The Ties That Bind... 2008-07-28 08:23:00 ...are made of Silly String. After a quick reading (more like an intentionally abbrieviated skimming) of the party favor-doled cans by Sarah, "It says, 'Shake well before using. Caution: blah, blah, blah...,'" we made the move to the backyard to let the fun begin. TV, Schmee Vee. Sometimes a good running mess is the very best form of entertainment (not to mention exercise). And yes, I did make th
Dog Days of Summer 2008-07-27 08:47:00 Our pal W celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday, at a party complete with cans of lemonade (big treat!), homemade ice cream, water balloons for the breaking, even an inflatable water-spraying slide. Despite all the amazing attractions, for Darren, the most entertaining aspect was one the host family did little to "plan." Read more:Summer
Teaching Tact, Times Two 2008-07-26 08:03:00 ...or at least trying to.[While awaiting a visit from a indisputably gorgeous colleague to pick up a box of paperwork...]Sarah: "So how old is Mrs. G.?"Mommy: "I don't know Sarah, but when she gets here, please don't ask. Some women don't like telling their age. It's considered a nosy question."Sarah: "No, no, no, no, no, Mama. Here's how you do it. You say, 'You look so young! How old are you?' I Read more:Times
Some Call It Yelling; I Call It Projecting 2008-08-25 07:00:00 Scream-free parenting: Not an adherant, and if entirely truthful, not even an advocate.Call me insensitive, call me reactionary, call health and human services, but I genuinely believe occasions occur wherein a little strategically applied vocal verve effectively sells it to the back of the house.For those genuinely fearful for my sweeties' psyches, perhaps a bit of clarification is merited. If a
Going for the Goats 2008-08-24 13:09:00 Debi at Who Says 8 Is Enough? is hosting a baby picture Sunday...with the theme of "Here Comes Trouble!" or as most twin parents will attest, the oft-bandied phrase "Double Trouble!"Our two may not be exactly babies in this image, but attached to "Blackie" and "Whitie" since their local farm-park birth, Sarah and Darren look all too close to climbing in with their fellow tandem-born, head-butting Read more:Going
A Very, Very, Very Fine House 2008-08-23 14:39:00 Sarah (still angry about Hillary's withdrawal from the campaign): "I bet Barack Obama's daughters don't want him to be President. Then he'll have to live in the White House
."Mommy (assuming paternal separation anxiety as her empathetic reasoning): "Oh Honey, if he's elected, they get to move in, too."Sarah: "Does the White House have a pool?"Mommy: "Actually, I don't think so."Sarah: "Then like I
What Brown Did For Us 2008-08-22 09:12:00 Readers of Laura's Catholic Teacher Musings (and if you're not a reader, for Heaven's sakes, become one; she's practically perfect in every way) may have caught her post on our real-life rendezvous gone awry....not for lack of collective trying, but rather for congested, impregnable I-95 traffic.As illustrated in said post, a circus-tent striped basket intended for Sarah and Darren was sent Richmo Read more:Brown
F.Y.I., Mom 2008-08-21 21:08:00 Mommy: "Darren, do you want pickles on your BLT?"Darren (exasperated): "No way! Then it would be a BLTP."He also took a pass on the M.W. (Miracle Whip)
Our Ambitiously Awesome Array-cation 2008-08-20 21:10:00 Warning: Gratuitous Post Follows. Disclaimer made.The idea of relaxing for seven days at home certainly has its appeal. However, no "staycation
" for us! Last week, the Lages grabbed all the gusto available within a 2 hour radius.The adventure began Sunday -- off to Virginia Beach for two nights (and as Darren kept reminding us, three days) ! [Unpacking at our favorite Comfort Inn at the beach]Kic Read more:Array
Way Back When-esday 2008-08-20 07:00:00 Dateline: April 2004Twins' Age: 2 and a halfCan you name the story Sarah is "reading" to Darren? (Hand to heaven, she had that story memorized verbatim and could/would turn the pages at the right time...it was fantastic. Lots of fun prodigy pranks played on the unwitting...)Dive into your digital files -- or scan a favorite snapshot -- and play Way Back When-esday! Once you've done it, be sure an
Two for Tuesday 2008-08-19 11:44:00 Dear Deanna at Just Us Eight hosts "Two for Tuesday
," and we're in!Here are the kids, just last week, petting the rays at the Virginia Marine Science Aquarium.Go on over and see some other fun "two-fers!"
Monday, Monday, Me, Me, Meme... 2008-08-18 13:04:00 Long ago, in a blogalaxy seemingly eons away, Nancy of the Zimmer Zoo and Debi of Who Says 8 is Enough? tagged me. Embarrassingly, it took me light years to come up with a simple six unspectacular (I can only imagine how long it'd have taken to figure six genuinely spectacular) attributes to describe myself! At long last, here goes...The rules:1. Link the person who tagged you.2. Mention the rules Read more:Monday
I'm With the Band (-Aid) 2008-08-17 13:01:00 In the interest of twin-equality (whew, is that ever fodder for a pending post...), like Sarah, Darren also finds and makes art from the most unexpected of media.Behold "The Band-Aid Wall"...As a child of the flesh-tone-only bandages era, this type of post-gore gallery would never have popped into my six-year-old mind. As a child of the 21st century, spoiled by the promise of a veritable "treat" a
A Screw Loose 2008-08-16 19:52:00 ...or placed artfully, perhaps.In the wake of the I-95 corridor (between Bethesda and Richmond) proving virtually impregnable, we sadly did not get to hang with the lovely Laura of Catholic Teacher Musings and her heroic hubby today. (She documented the highway horror, go see.) She admonished us to please "do something fun we wouldn't do otherwise" with the afternoon.We eluded in an earlier post t Read more:Screw
, Loose
Ultra-Festive Friday 2008-08-15 08:37:00 Multi-tasking with this post (as we are with our vacation this week -- much more on that later...), but in keeping with both Candid Carrie's Friday
Foto Finish Fiesta and Laura's Bad Haiku Friday, here is an encapsulate from yesterday...Roller coaster fearSo easy to understandThank God* for Daddy(*literally, never in vain!) Read more:Ultra
Deal or No Deal? 2008-08-14 07:00:00 Flipper McCoy's. Sounds like a college sports bar, but really, it's a family arcade in Virginia Beach right on the main drag. Fluent in their numbers from 1 through 26, and having watched Daddy play the video version at their beloved Great Wolf Lodge, the machine was irresistable. Behold the concentration... And yes, Sarah took the deal the banker offered. 67 tickets. Darren's insight: "It's not y
Way Back When-esday 2008-08-13 07:00:00 Dateline: August 2002Babies' Age: 11 monthsIn their much-loved individual inflatable pools from Dollar Tree (my guess is they've since been recalled...), Darren and Sarah absolutely loved splashing away. The pink slippers are G'Ma's. She actually had just brought down the swimsuit Sarah is wearing. Guess who wore it first?Play along with Way Back When-esday! Find a favorite photo from "Way Back W
Two For Tuesday 2008-08-12 20:49:00 Back from the beach, and better late (10pm Two for Tuesday
?) than never, here are our two earlier this Tuesday morning...Deanna at Just Us Eight hosts Two for Tuesday...find a photo of your favorite pair and play!
By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea.... 2008-08-11 08:14:00 Well, more accurately...the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoying the hotel bestowed Froot Loops (Darren) and Frosted Flakes (Sarah) and the in-room coffee (Dad and Mom).Sarah: "If we had taken a horse instead of our van, we'd still be on our way to the beach, wouldn't we?"Darren: "Not if the horse went as fast as the van."Think we're ready for all those first grade math problems... Read more:Beautiful
Ducks, Pretty Little Maids, My Vertabrae... 2008-09-17 15:31:00 As of this morning (thanks to Dr. Isaacs who brought my spine and sundry joints back into semi-pain-free alignment), everything is all in a row. And the microwave of infamy?Double Daddy (this morning, reheating his coffee): "Hey, the microwave looks nice, Hon."How can you not love a man that notices the little things? Read more:Ducks
, Pretty
, Maids
Way Back When-esday 2008-09-17 08:16:00 Babies' Age: 18 MonthsDateline: Early 2003Check out the difference in their body positioning! Amazingly now, nearly six years later, I can see how their individual mannerisms were already in development!Play along with Way Back When-esday! Pick a favorite photo from days of yore, and share a few descriptive words for the virtual album viewing. Be sure to link back to Twinfatuation and enjoy the re
Dirty Laundry 2008-09-16 10:05:00 What is it about blogging that compels one to honesty beyond the media's mandate?This morning, as I went to re-heat the morning's cup of coffee, after of course extracting yesterday's last cup (as is my daily ritual), it hit me: filth. Pure (as in the unsullied embodiment of --not in the "clean" Ivory soap sense) filth. Any customer who patronized a 7-11 -- or even a gas station -- with a microwav Read more:Laundry
Deeply Thinking Darren 2008-09-15 09:53:00 [Yesterday, during the opening announcements at church...]Pastor Carolyn: "Please let's remember Mrs. C in our prayers. Her nephew and his wife were hiking in Utah and were tragically killed in a flash flood."Darren
(whispering): "They were killed in a flash what?"Mommy (whispering back): "A flash flood, Honey. They were far away from buildings and people and sadly, they were killed."[Approximatel Read more:Deeply
Baby Picture Sunday 2008-09-14 15:38:00 The beautiful BoufMom at Who Says 8 is Enough? hosts Baby PictureSunday
...and with this week's animal theme (and considering Darren has, ever since he could declare a career aspiration, consistently returned to "zookeeper"), we're in!These were taken when the kids were 2, at Florida's Coral Gables Zoo...the entire series (which I won't subject you to, well, unless you come over sometime...) conta
"Yeah, But The Book Was So Much Better..." 2008-09-13 20:20:00 How many times have you excitedly told a friend/colleague/acquaintance that you just saw a marvelously entertaining movie only to be deflated by a response like the title of this post?Thanks to RedBox, we recently rented our first non-Disney film interpretation after reading the book. In this instance, as the cover bears witness, the text (at least our version of it) was an afterthought to the cin
Munchkins and Me a la Meme... 2008-09-12 09:19:00 Gorgeous Giovanna (and truly, she so embodies her name) at Giovanna Diaries tagged me for a meme. She had no idea that I love memes so very much that I actually save them for a treat...kind of like I do with InStyle magazine, or an unopened bag of Double Stuf Oreos -- but I digress....1.) Post a picture of you and your kidsThe most recent (and one of the only) of the three of us together, is in th
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