Category Archives: Twins

Photo Friday: Christmas Eve and Day with the Graves Family 

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Garen’s family. Clara and Kate love their Mama!They look like they just got busted. And they probably did get busted for pulling Mama’s pretty ornaments off the tree!Garen took some cute pictures of everyone. It was a fun time with the family, even if the big kids wereContinueContinue reading “Photo Friday: Christmas Eve and Day with the Graves Family “

Adventures with Four: Enjoying a Blended Family Christmas

Will and Anna are fortunate enough to have two immediate families and four sets of extended families to celebrate with each holiday season. That’s a lot of Christmas fun for kids…and for us parents to orchestrate.  Part of the coordination is out of our hands. Joe Daddy and I share the holiday break. One parentContinueContinue reading “Adventures with Four: Enjoying a Blended Family Christmas”

Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours!

We wish you a Merry Christmas! Here’s our Christmas card this year, thanks to the wonderful work of Amanda B at ViriLovelyDesigns on Etsy. We went to Santa’s Adventure at the Parks Mall again this year. They’ve got a great Santa and we all love the Dreamworks 3-D sleigh ride. I’m not a huge KungContinueContinue reading “Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours!”

Photo Friday- Bathing Beauties 

It’s been a while, right??? A lots happened but rather than trying to catch up, I’m just going to jump right in with a new photo Friday to pull myself back up on the wagon.  Pretty cute little mermaids if you ask me.  A few twin tips to go along with this: We use bathContinueContinue reading “Photo Friday- Bathing Beauties “

Party Time:  Eight is Great

On August 22nd my big boy got a little bit bigger. We celebrated his birthday at Pump it Up with some of his school and scout friends.  He wanted a video game themed party. I partly feel bad because there wasn’t really much about it that was geared towards video games besides the Super MarioContinueContinue reading “Party Time:  Eight is Great”

Adventures with Four: Cheap Entertainment 

10 million toys in our house…. And our kids choose to do this. It’s keeping them ALL entertained and out of the clothes I’m trying desperately to fold and put away. Hallelujah! ​​

Adventures with Four: How we survived an 8-Hour Roadtrip

We just survived an 8-Hour round-trip road trip with twin 9 month old babies, plus a 5 and almost 8 year old.  Here’s my travel tips for a successful trip with that many kids in one vehicle: Consider leaving at night or early in the morning so you can get as much of the driveContinueContinue reading “Adventures with Four: How we survived an 8-Hour Roadtrip”

Twin Tips: Surviving Sickness with Twins plus Two

My heart breaks when my babies are hurting. It’s got to be the worst feeling ever to see them in pain. Last Sunday, Kate had a virus and then Clara got it a few days later, despite our attempts to sanitize and separate. You can see we were both worn out (even though I kindContinueContinue reading “Twin Tips: Surviving Sickness with Twins plus Two”

Mommy Review Monday: Baby Banana Teether 

Both Clara and Kate started teething over 4 months ago. We quickly realized we needed some teethers that were easy for them to use. Our good friends’ son had this banana teether and they said he loved it so we found it on Amazon and ordered a couple.  What I like about them: They’re availableContinueContinue reading “Mommy Review Monday: Baby Banana Teether “