Open Roads and Diaper Loads – Our First Road Trip
I am thrilled, O Loyal Reader, to announce that the following Twincident was actually not written by me, but instead an Über-Special Guest Author. You’ve heard her thoughts on having more children,...
View ArticleThe Day the Twins Almost Enjoyed Captain Jack Sparrow
“Should we do it?” “I don’t know–they could really like it, but they also could really hate it.” “Yeah, I know. But how often are we here?” “Never.” “Exactly. If we don’t go now, we might not get to at...
View ArticleMahalo If You Hear Me
When the Twins were first born, a family friend who is a mother of three now-grown children once told me, “Now that you’re a parent of two, people are going to offer you help. A word of advice: let...
View ArticleI Can Fly Twice as High
I grimaced as the all-too-familiar sound of my daughter’s signature baby cuss-fests reverberated throughout the cabin of our 757. Her inflection was remarkably similar to a Ricky Ricardo Spanish...
View ArticleHow to Lose a Man Card in 10 Seconds
I know how it must have looked to the underwhelmed outdoor mall kiosk vendors. A boisterous early-thirties couple with excellently-defined tan lines bumbling their way through the establishment with...
View ArticleRuff-Ruff Down
We should have known better. I don’t know why we expected our son to make it all day on an outing to Santa Monica Pier without a flip-out. With t-minus two days until our big trip to California, he had...
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