A & L, my girl/boy twins are fast approaching age 4. I’m super excited about this because as time progresses, communication (both ways) is becoming easier.  They sort of understand me, and I sort of understand them. Somehow though when it comes to daddy they haven’t made the leap into communicating effectively. Mom or Dad as disciplinarian and alpha role, a topic for another time. Their birthday is in 22 days and although I began making a list of party ideas in the summer, I have yet to decide what to do. Until today. I’m a teacher, so we have no business spending more than a few hund ..read more

Being a parent is probably the most challenging job out there.  Next in line would be daycare worker. You see where I’m going with this.  Toddlers are tyrants. I try to stay calm, cool, and collected.  I read positive books to build my spirit up and get my soul feeling right again.  Yet daily I’m run down emotionally by tiny tyrants.  Sometimes I just accept that I can’t be that great at this parenting thing.  I have to say “no” “stop” “go potty” “I said no” “5-4-3-2-1” too many times to count. I’m a teacher so I count “5-4-3-2-1” at least 30+ times a day.  I ..read more

This post discusses female issues, specifically endometriosis. It’s amazing what we can get used to given enough time. My body has been giving me problems since the beginning of my “womanhood”. I learned to expect painful periods of time where I’d become reserved, withdrawn, and annoyed by everything. I learned to always have pain medication on hand, and that I should just carry it on me, just in case. I have severe endometriosis. I’ve always had the symptoms, from the beginning, but so many doctors are not in the know when it comes to this disease. Once I was convinced I had this condition, i ..read more

I recently confirmed that I am better at managing middle schoolers than toddlers. Actually, 46 8th graders were easier to manage than 2 two year olds.  Last week I went on the 8th grade field trip from northern FL to DC for five nights, with two of those nights on the bus. Of course, I had three other staff members with me and four parents, but still.    Toddlers are tyrannical, demanding everything to be their way or they will have a meltdown.  They also very closely resemble the mouse in “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”.    As I was drafting this post last night ..read more

This post began in draft form in January 2014.  It had been titled “(Not) Working on My Fitness”. Thankfully I have been able to change that. I have these grand ideas, but then life gets in the way.  I wanted to begin working out as soon as I was cleared by the doctor after having A&L, but that didn’t happen. Like I said, life got in the way. I think of this picture, where the extremely fit woman says “what’s your excuse?”.  Scroll down to the picture, then read her post. I have twins was my excuse, and still is really. When I first saw this picture on Facebook I was annoyed ..read more

Hey all, I’m still around.   I’ve been randomly popping in on some of your posts lately.  I’m working on setting up a “private”, meaning non real life friends and family, blog.  This way I don’t have to filter so much, and maybe this will help me blog more.  Stay tuned. For now, I’m busy over here still teaching middle school and living with twin 2.5 year old dictators.  Life is a blast. Peace & Love, K ..read more

I find the “in between” stage of anything to be excruciating.  Waiting for something can be a difficult task.  Waiting for a score report on a big test, waiting for your baby to arrive when you are pregnant, waiting for your toddler to “get” the idea of no, stop, the idea of bedtime, that throwing food, hitting your sibling, screeching in Starbucks are all rude. I’m having a difficult time waiting for my 22 month old toddler twins to become good citizens in their toddler world.  I find myself using my angry voice, and threatening loss of activities.  As if a 1 1/2  yea ..read more

I have been MIA for awhile. I’m trying to get back to blogging. For now, I just wanted to say “hey”. Here are A&L-almost 20 months now!     ..read more

Warning: This post mentions POOP a lot. A&L are 10 months now.  Their personalities shine through daily.  They are sweet as ever when happy, and exhausting when sick or upset.  We’ve had a whirlwind of a month in the health category.  It all began at their 9 month appointment. Baby A A’s head measured at 19 inches at the 9 month appointment.  When we got home and entered this into our Baby Connect app, I realized that was a 2 inch jump from her previous appointment at 6 months.  The nurse realized this after we left and called to have me schedule a head ultr ..read more

Many people I meet out and about tell me that the bond between twins is something  special.  I catch glimpses of this bond in our daily activities.  As they grow they are able to interact more; this is the sweetest thing.  I could just watch them for hours.  Technically, I do have to sit and watch them for hours when they are this close, because they still don’t understand the concept of other people’s space and sharing. We’re working on that. Thanks for stopping by! Remember to click the Top Mommy Blogs Icon in the top left of my page to give me a bump in the multi ..read more