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Loen is all about cooking these days. She will cry when I’m in the kitchen, big crocodile tears rolling down her cheeks as she says “Mama I want to coooooooook with yoooooooou”. I have not managed to get the point across that she is still too young to use the stove. If there is mixing [...]

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I really should post something regarding the twins. I have had a half done Derby post in the wings for a month. Maybe I will finish it after I do this one. Did I mention we went to Oakdale earlier this month? Yeah, probably wont get around to that either. As filler here is one [...]

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The past couple of days have been special anniversaries for our family. On Wednesday it was one year that Loen has been home, then yesterday it was their due date. I know it seems crazy to want to celebrate their due date but in the world of micropreemies you actually have to use that date a lot. [...]

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Since the nights are turning chilly I decided it would be a good time to make a big pot of chili. Yesterday I went out to the deep freeze in our garage to pull out a pound of ground turkey. Imagine my horror as I open the door and realize it doesn’t feel cold and smells like [...]

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I have been trying to give the twins solid food every day or two. It isn’t a substantial amount but I am hoping it will get them used to eating solids. Loen feels solid food is the perfect medium for creative expression (ie: huge mess). I will apologize for the photo quality now as I [...]

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I am a sleeper. No early bird gets the worm for me. I would sleep till 10 am (or longer) if you let me. I love to lounge in bed reading and have someone bring me coffee. The twins must know that about me because last night they slept from 11 pm to 7 am. [...]

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