Sweet Extract

The boys have been slow in starting to speak. In terms of average they’re behind schedule. But I’m not sweating it. Statistically, twins speak later than other kids as do children who are exposed to more than one language.
They understand me though. Way better than even I suspect. Today I told Sebastian to put his [...]

Today is the boys’ 18 month “birthday”. ONE AND A HALF.
I’d like to post something meaningful but I’ve gotta run to wine country with some friends for the day! Priorities, priorities.
I’ll try to write something more substantial later this week but, in the meantime, I give you this little snippet of life from a [...]

Soooo little time to post these days. Sorry!
Worth noting: the boys aren’t really speaking yet. They’re a bit behind schedule compared to the norm but a lot of twins are so we’re not worried. As it stands, everything is “dada”. Dada is “dada”, Sarah is “dada”, Goose is “dada”, Sebastian is Nicholas’ “dada” and Nicholas [...]

I never thought I’d be one those women. I never thought I’d be someone who would nurse my children indefinitely.
I thought, at best, I would nurse my boys until they were 6 months. If I was lucky. If I was lucky enough to have babies who made it easy for me. Babies who took to [...]

It used to stand on end. It drew comments from almost EVERYONE who’d pass us. It was his trademark.
Sebastian’s hair.
Alas, his baby duck down has grown and grown and grown. What was once a giddy porcupine became a floppy mop. And finally, it just fell. It fell into his eyes.
So, Superbowl Sunday we got [...]

In a recent post, I talked about how the boys aren’t babies anymore. Sadly, here’s further proof.
Their first pair of real shoes. Shoes that go outside. Shoes that can walk on wet ground. Shoes you can kick stuff with. Big boy shoes.

Papa brought them to the nearby high school field (with artificial turf) so they [...]

Ugh. Try as I might, I can’t seem to get anything done by the intended time. The boys turned 15 months on the 21st of January. I thought I started writing this post in time but, alas, I was wrong.
I’m not sure why 15 months seems significant, but it does. Maybe it’s just the fact [...]

On Christmas eve, we decided to join in a little religious worship for nostalgia’s sake. Since we’re not completely insane, we left midnight mass to the toddler-less grown-ups and went to the 4 p.m. mass. It turned out to be quite nice.
The church was jam packed with kids. Lots of kids. Kids wiggling. Kids [...]