When the older (and then younger) boys were born, we did not give them rhyming names, and I rarely dressed them alike. If someone gave me duplicate outfits we usually used them on different days. It was a lot about letting them be individuals and so on. As soon as they showed any interest in [...]

Right now, each set of boys shares a bedroom. This is rather an efficient arrangement, as we live in a 3-bedroom home. We have room to expand though, and could possibly add 2 more bedrooms in the next year or so. I want one room for visiting family. I could then…. The rest of the [...]

My weekly post at GNMParents is about how the boys tend to think alike. And act alike. And do the same things over and over again. Sometimes it’s funny, other time’s it’s frustrating. There are already some great comments on the post; I’ve been humbled by one and there are two other suggestions that are [...]

I haven’t written much about the realities of being a mother of twins.  Perhaps because so many others have already had much to say on the subject.  If you’re the parent of multiples, people tend to say very similar things when they find out.  Many are annoyed by this; I really don’t mind it nor [...]

Okay.  When we left off, I’d just met and married the Best Man on the Planet.  Hubby himself.  We were wed in July of 1995.  I had been teaching by then for hmmm, 4 years I think.  I was working once again with the EI (Emotionally Impaired) kids, in a middle school setting.  I’d just [...]