Welcome!

Welcome to my blog - it's like a diary only better. This is my soapbox containing a collection of my thoughts and the experiences of my life raising twins.

Prior to this blog, prior to marriage and prior to the twinsanity that I now call my life, life was quite different for me. When you visit this blog, you won’t find me writing much about my life pre-twins – I hope that’s okay. Why? You ask. Because life with twins changes everything and my life pre-multiples is now just a dizzy, distant memory. And while it’s true that life years ago may have been a little more glamorous, the life I live now is a whole lot more rewarding and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

I’m glad you’ve stopped by...there’s a really strong chance that I won’t offer anything extraordinary here, but by the same token there is also the possibility that you will experience a taste of the adventures, challenges and many joys that come with my life with twins. Hopefully that will be enough to bring you back here again.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Virginia Trip - "The Blizzard of 2010" Leaves Us Snowed In

A glimpse at the snowfall outside our hotel where we were stranded for 48 hours.

Paige enjoying the snowpocalypse of 2010 in Virginia!

Paige (L) and Taylor (R) stomping and romping in the snow.


On our snowy walk in the Blizzard of 2010 in Virginia.

Stranded at the hotel meant breakfast, lunch, and dinner happened at the same restaurant. After 48 hours of being snowed in, we were all ready for a new venue and menu for our meals.

Virginia Trip - Slumber Parties at Momo and Poppa's House

There were slumber parties every night at Momo and Poppa's house with cousin Courtney. It was so cute to have the three little cousins together for a week watching them play and interact. All 3 of the girls are roughly the same age, with Courtney being just 4 days older than Paige and Taylor. All 3 of the girls were born preemies and faced many difficult months in the NICU immediately after they were born. Today, it's such a miracle to see all 3 of them so happy and thriving!

L to R: Paige, Taylor, Courtney playing princess dress-up.

Bedtime stories at Momo and Poppa's house.

It's just not a slumber party if there aren't lots of Barbies!

After much partying, then came the slumbering, at long last.

L to R: Paige, Taylor, Courtney

Virginia Trip - Visiting the Llamas Farm

Feeding the llamas carrots.
Momo feeding carrots to the llamas with Taylor and Courtney.
No lie. Llama farmers (shown above) are crazy. Just sayin'...they're crazy!
These llamas were twins, so naturally they liked us!
Taylor grabs a handful of crackers to feed the llamas.
Momo playing among the llamas with Paige and Courtney.
Twin toddlers. Twin llamas.
I didn't expect to have to backhand a llama, but this white one was very aggressive towards Paige.
L to R: Paige, Taylor, Courtney. On the ride home from the llama farm...everybody was sacked out in the backseat.

Virginia Trip - Good Times With Family



Virginia Trip - Good Times With Old Friends

My trip to Virginia afforded me a few opportunities to catch up with some great friends from the past. Some friends from as far back as middle- and high-school...
Hillary and I together again after more than 5 years.
My girls! L to R: Alisa, Jill, Brandy, Me.
Dinner with Mike and Indy and their beautiful new baby.
Hanging out with my BFF Reeba from back in the day. What a fun night!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Fun with Magic Markers

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Our Day in the Sun, After Many Days of Rain

After more than a week of non-stop rain in Northern California, the rain and clouds broke just long enough to give the twins and I a couple of hours in the sun on Saturday afternoon. Paige, Taylor and I piled into the car, loaded up our bikes, and took to one of the nearby lakes in our community. The afternoon was spent biking and hiking. Oh, and we also got chased by geese!


Paige takes her bike off-roading.
We walk softly, and carry a big stick.

Yelling "hi" and waving at the man rowing.

Taking a break from biking to do a little hiking among the boulders.


Paige takes off towards the geese, she knows she's got the advantage on the bike.


Shhhhh, very quiet now, do you see these geese?


A cruise along the water's edge and a flock of Canadian geese to complete our outdoorsy experience.

This goose was NY-city style aggressive. It was relentless, fearless and wouldn't stop chasing us.

I think that's some kind of a warning sign when it spreads and fans out its wings at you...

It eventually came over and started to chase Paige on her bike.

After our bike ride, we run around the paths along the water's edge.


What a great day biking and hiking - let's hug!

And, let's blow kisses!