This, That, and the Mother Thing

She's crafty - she's gets around She's crafty - she's always down She's crafty - she's got a gripe She's cra...

((Insert comments about how busy I've been here)) OK!  Now that we have my excuses over, I'm going to talk about something that I...

Conor is starting first grade in two weeks. For some reason that seems so much older to me than kindergarten. It has a real number! We a...

So, imagine my chagrin after I posted my seemingly witty and insightful (by my standards) update about how much easier it gets when the kids...

I'm not sure it gets better (like in the campaign I like so much), but I want to tell mothers of twins (or MOMs) that it gets easier whe...

We've been busy. Dave is building a tree house. I'm working in an amazingly prolific garden. The twins had their second birthday. An...

I am so lame. I've been wanting to blog for weeks, but the ability to get to this computer (with the pictures) during a time when I had...

What an amazing weekend. There is something about the south in the spring that is prettier than any other season in any other part of the c...

I know that most people on the Internets are not on Twitter. The latest stats are that only 10% of folks on the Internets are also on Twitt...

I hate to keep changing the background and layout of my blog, but I am still not completely satisfied with it. I would like it to be fancy ...

Hmmm, apparently, I've used this same title for a blog previously. Oh, Lord. We have had some sickness around here. It's taken ab...

Did you hear about the recent ESP research published in a top psychology journal ? No, that is actually not the start of a joke. There act...

Perhaps you have heard of Amy Chua's essay in the Wall Street Journal about the superiority of Chinese Mothers . If you haven't, I...

So much for my plan of posting every week! I hope your new year is going well. December was a bit rough around here. The kids were sick th...

Oh, dear. Here's another fun feature of twins, although I would imagine this applies to all families with more than two children. We...

Continuing my goals to just post when I have time, here's my second post of the day. Since this morning, oh, joy!, we have figured out ...

Here is a picture of the twins' Halloween costume. Yes, they were adorable! So adorable, in fact, that they were featured on the front...

Yes, yes, I'm still here. Insert repetitive whine about how busy I've been. I'm actually catching up on "things" thi...

So yes, we remain busy around here. With an active and exciting life. (The irony in that statement will become apparent later on) Why, ju...

I have a bleb. It is as lovely as it sounds. I will explain what a bleb is, but first I have two confessions. 1: I am still breastfeeding...