As parents of twins, Gabe and I have been anticipating that “secret twin language”. When I was still pregnant, but we knew there were two in there, Gabe would worry that they would use their secret language to plot against him. I don’t think they are plotting, but they are working on the language. It [...]
Okra?
June 17, 2005
If I know my one year old kids like okra, does that make them well rounded, or does it make me a southerner? Proof I mean, I know I’ve lived in Florida for 20 years, but I was born in Ohio. I like to consider myself a yankee (not to be confused with a Yankee [...]
This was my morning
June 17, 2005
I told you about walk walk, right? This morning Claudia (who was ready for her nap) would walk walk into something and then start shrieking. I would move whatever was in her way, or turn her “walker” back upright. Repeat. Walk Walk The whole thing was pretty annoying, but how could I possibly stay mad [...]
Addicted to TV shows
June 16, 2005
Some TV shows have really hooked me. I love almost all of the HBO shows like “Six Feet Under”, “The Sopranos”, “Deadwood”, and “Carnivale”. We are even looking forward to “Rome”. We are even able to finally watch “Lost” from the beginning, because they just started re-running it, and thanks to TiVo, I don’t even [...]
Walk Walk and the Banana Man
June 16, 2005
As you know, Claudia took her first steps last week. We have known she could walk for a while because she will yell “Walk! Walk!” (it actually sounds more like Wah Wah) and she will hold onto your fingers and walk around the house. The thing is, she does not really need us, she has [...]
I know we’re not the only ones
June 15, 2005
Every time Amani Toomer’s name is announced during a football game Gabe and I say “It’s not a tumor!”. Last year we were watching a Gaint’s game with some friends and realized it was not just us. Our friends that live all the way across the country do the same thing. I was also reading [...]
Why we’re going to get pictures taken on Saturday
June 14, 2005
Because my Dad went to get pictures taken for his work brochure and saw a picture of two kids hugging with their bare butts to the camera. We will be re-enacting this photograph on Saturday morning.
The things that surprised me most as a parent – Part 2
June 14, 2005
3) When other parents said that their kid put EVERYTHING in their mouth, I always thought that they were exaggerating. I was wrong. 4) I cannot wait for them to both go to sleep, so I can have a minute alone. I spend my minutes alone looking at pictures of them.
Dilemma
June 13, 2005
Today I had to weigh the pros and cons on this one: What is more important to me, Letting Ian crawl around the living room with no pants on while I go get the camera, or not having pee on the carpet?
My new trick
June 13, 2005
Yesterday, Gabe taught me how to hyperlink. Now I can do things like this: “I can’t wait for football season!” “I was reading Alison’s blog, and this really creeped me out”. “We saw Bobby Flay making this Passion Fruit Sangria, and it looked really good”. “My friend Michelle was just about to get in the [...]
Since there was no NHL this year…
June 12, 2005
The Lightning are still the reigning Stanley Cup champs. This picture was taken just before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in 2004. They were 13 days old.
867-5309
June 11, 2005
We were watching “Hit Me Baby One More Time” last night, (TiVO’d, of course. We hardly watch anything live anymore, unless it’s a sporting event) and Tommy Tutone was on, playing his/their only hit “867-5309 – Jenny”. This reminded me of something really strange that happened to us a few years ago. We were in [...]
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