Moms of multiples tell it like it is

So, it’s September. I have a kid in middle school and my older twins in kindergarten and all of a sudden, I feel like I’m LIVING inside my minivan. Between shuttling back and forth to different schools and activities for the kids and going to my own meetings and outings for my twins club, I’m [...]

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What were you doing five years ago? I can tell you exactly what I was doing. Five years ago today, on Friday, August 29th, 2003, I was writing a blog post about it being my last day as a mother of an only child. I was packing up my hospital bag, calling my friends, giddy [...]

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I used to be one of those moms who always, ALWAYS dressed her twins alike. I know it’s frowned upon. I know I should be pushing them to be their own unique selves. But they’re just so darned CUTE in their matchy-match clothes! I even had matching pajamas for them, just in case I decided [...]

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My oldest child just started 8th grade yesterday, and my older set of twins has been in kindergarten for a few weeks now. Buh-bye, summertime! I’ve got a houseful of zombies over here, as we haven’t really adjusted yet to getting up at the crack of o’dark thirty yet. And somehow, I still haven’t gotten [...]

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Pictured above are my younger set of twins, Lexi and Nikki. Nikki is the younger girl, by four whole minutes, and she’s always had the reputation of being the goofier kid. Even as a wee, tiny baby, she would give us the funniest sideways glance with raised eyebrows, cracking up into delicious little baby giggles [...]

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Add another celebrity to the Twin Mama club! Just announced: Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins.
Awww!
The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Dr. Michel Sussmann, told The Associated Press that the actress, the babies and Jolie’s partner, actor Brad Pitt, “are doing marvelously well.”
Sussmann said Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a [...]

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Obligatory Front Porch Pictures., originally uploaded by lalagirl.
I’m not sure if I’m having a harder time with the fact that it’s the middle of July and our summer vacation is over, or the very idea that my kids are in kindergarten (!!!), but this has been a fairly crazy week up in this already crazy [...]

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This post is a repeat of a post I made on my personal blog last summer, but I think it’s important enough to post again!
One beautiful day last summer, the kids and I headed over to my girlfriend’s house for a casual little playdate with a bunch of our mommy friends and kiddos. My friend [...]

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Those of you who felt like you were carrying baby elephants inside of you, check out this article: Twins Weigh 23 Pounds, 1 Ounce at birth. I don’t know if that’s a case of undiagnosed gestational diabetes or what, but HOLY CATS, man. I’m so glad that wasn’t MY uterus about to bust at the [...]

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I want to show you the greatest thing ever created in the history of great things.
Temporary tattoos preprinted with your cell phone number:

You may have seen these in the most recent Parents Magazine. You may have read my post about them on my review blog. Now I’m here to tell you how great they are, [...]

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