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Family Dynamics

October 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This past weekend we had a birthday celebration for my twin girls, they turned four on Monday. To tell the truth, the weekend went much better than I expected but it was not without normal family drama. My dad flew in from Colorado and it was wonderful for him to spend some real quality time […]

Tags: Family

Please Don’t Stare

August 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Whenever I go out in public with my twin daughters I get lots of stares and lots of questions. Most people are polite and smile at my girls. Some will make eye contact with me, others won’t. If they ask me silly questions, I respond using a pleasant tone and non-sarcastic reply (most of the […]

Tags: Parenting · society

Creating One-on-One Time

August 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

My twin daughters are almost four years old - and I wonder where the time goes! I’ve recently decided to establish a routine of one-on-one time with each of them. I’m not really sure how to go about this. My time is going to have to be split into threes, because I cannot forget about […]

Tags: Family · Parenting

Copy Cat

July 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’ve heard that first borns tend to develop leadership qualities. Right now, I’m wondering if that will be the case for my daughter Miss K. She is the first born, by 10 minutes, but her “little” sister bosses her around. Miss A is taller and appears to have developed leader qualities at the prime age […]

Tags: Behavior · Parenting

Mandatory Separation

July 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

There is a debate circling schools, states, and the parents of multiples. Many schools have created policies of mandatory separation for twins (or high-order multiples) once they enter kindergarten. Many parents of multiples are angry and are fighting the schools or trying to pass federal or state legislation that would allow them to keep their […]

Tags: Education · Parenting

Swimming Lessons

July 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

About six months ago my husband and I decided it was time to add a pool to our backyard. We live in Arizona so outside activities are limited during the summer when it’s 115 degrees in the shade! Our twins are just shy of four years old so they are not quite ready for museums […]

Tags: Family · Fun · Parenting · Safety

Built-In Friends

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When you are the parent of twins you experience some benefits of having two the same age as well as some drawbacks. I won’t get into how traumatic my girls early arrival was and how having two infants was more stress than I could have ever imagined, so maybe another time. What I’ve noticed, though, […]

Tags: Family · Parenting · Relationships · friendship








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