tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.comments2023-07-25T06:07:50.823-03:00Three's A CrowdJeanne The Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-36689682637419546772010-09-29T14:11:48.481-03:002010-09-29T14:11:48.481-03:00I was alone yesterday afternoon. I had grand plans...I was alone yesterday afternoon. I had grand plans, which collapsed into me sitting on the couch and browsing Netflix.<br /><br />I think "vegetable" is a healing state that parents don't get nearly often enough.<br /><br />Besides, PJs are comfortable.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-48109861204839017342010-09-24T22:02:29.467-03:002010-09-24T22:02:29.467-03:00I am reading your blog in my nightgown in the spid...I am reading your blog in my nightgown in the spider infested basement....so really not much better.scrapstampcrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854502488018509526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-39724503199708499942010-09-22T00:09:12.331-03:002010-09-22T00:09:12.331-03:00I love this post. Also, where are you?
I feel lik...I love this post. Also, where are you?<br /><br />I feel like I complain a lot about my kids... and that's me trying to put a positive spin on things. ;)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385300459967135657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-90102199746296311462010-08-02T08:40:50.198-03:002010-08-02T08:40:50.198-03:00Laura, I always appreciate your honesty. It's...Laura, I always appreciate your honesty. It's why you are my hero :) I will hold out for 4... <br /><br />I also noticed that the girls flip flop every 6 months or so which one is the child you want to strangle. Can't decide if I'd rather have 2 horrid children at once and 6 months of calm in between or a solid forever of evil. <br /><br />The grass is always greener, right?Jeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-25740020976150848932010-07-30T17:26:17.012-03:002010-07-30T17:26:17.012-03:00I think blogs are a cleaned up version of reality ...I think blogs are a cleaned up version of reality and always have believed that. I try to write very honestly about our struggles and wins and lately my blog is VERY sunshiney because we are honestly in an awesome patch. 4 is everything they said it would be. For the first time this whole parenting twins thing is EASY.<br /><br />But yeah, 3 sucked. 2 sucked. 1 sucked and newborn twins definitely sucked.LauraChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322568136833382134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-11463271493458448712010-07-21T10:37:55.362-03:002010-07-21T10:37:55.362-03:00my upstairs bathroom is on it's way to becomin...my upstairs bathroom is on it's way to becoming bath-friendly and I think you are right that limiting everything to one floor will make a huge difference!<br /><br />I've read your posts about having the boys shower and it is a fond dream of mine. Every once in a while I can convince them to rinse off under the shower head, but Zoe is still so afraid that I have to hold her hand and Chloe has to show her 50times that it's not scary :)<br /><br />We have a very set bedtime ritual with one story each and one song each, but you know they always push the limits... last night they just made me laugh with their comical stalling "Mommy, I have somefing really REALLY important to tell you!" "what is it?" "uh, um, uh, I love you?"<br /><br />I used to do baths every night or every other when they were smaller, but over the winter they had such bad eczema that I decreased frequency. I think I'm just out of practice now :)<br /><br />Howie works pretty late and usually isn't home until way after bedtime, but at least I can count on him (most of the time) to run the dishwasher or flip over a load of laundry. If I leave a big note. :)Jeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-10723093240955076652010-07-21T09:55:10.151-03:002010-07-21T09:55:10.151-03:00Hey I have been reading since you've been back...Hey I have been reading since you've been back but haven't had time to comment. I feel this pain! It takes me an hour once I get the boys upstairs to get them into bed. Here are some tips that work for us but may not work for you.<br /><br />1. We do snack time and brush teeth BEFORE bath time. Once we go upstairs, we do not come downstairs. Too much insanity.<br /><br />2. During clean up, I literally stand over them and give them tasks. When I give them an open-ended task like "clean up" they can not do this without ADD. So I will say - Alex clean up all the cars, Nate clean up all the books. When they start acting ADD, I tell them - pick up this toy.<br /><br />3. Bathtime I am a meanie. They get one warning for splashing and then they are removed from the tub. Sometimes they scream in protest but 99% of the time, they splash once and then they are done.<br /><br />4. Bedtime I also a meanie. I'm NOT really mean, I just set strict and firm limits. Each kid gets one book choice. We sit on the floor together to read so they can point to things and talk about the story. Then they get in bed and it's one kiss, one hug, and good bye and quiet time. That's it. <br /><br />Jon is gone 2-3 nights a week so I've done solo bedtime and bathtime since the boys were about 3 months old. I run a tight ship and stay firm about the routine otherwise it takes too much time and I am exhausted!<br /><br />Oh and for a little while I went to showers instead bc I could justify that the running water got them just as clean as a bath with soap. Then I would just lay on my bed and listen to them play in the shower. Much harder to splash and go crazy in there.LauraChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322568136833382134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-89331714182350202542010-07-13T08:33:49.928-03:002010-07-13T08:33:49.928-03:00oh no! not the actual hysterics! I've never b...oh no! not the actual hysterics! I've never before seen someone do that. To be quite honest, I wanted to slap you like they do in the old movies, but Susan wouldn't let me. She is mean like that ;)Jeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-58305146917948875422010-07-12T21:50:22.363-03:002010-07-12T21:50:22.363-03:00Oh dear...worse than that semester??? How is that ...Oh dear...worse than that semester??? How is that possible? I think I was on the floor with you that entire semester having my laughing/crying fits...which have made a comeback lately due to night shift! I am so glad the blog is back :-)Damandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880235236638671732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-81885123659894509822010-04-27T23:26:06.889-03:002010-04-27T23:26:06.889-03:00I'm sorry your little one is sick, but I LOVE ...I'm sorry your little one is sick, but I LOVE living with twin magic. Except when it makes me want to tear my hair out.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-17558495444324578802010-04-27T17:39:31.855-03:002010-04-27T17:39:31.855-03:00ha! don't taunt me with sleep as a cure! that...ha! don't taunt me with sleep as a cure! that's just cruel :)Jeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-77705553219965706102010-04-21T12:20:00.470-03:002010-04-21T12:20:00.470-03:00My coworker tells me that his migraines are like a...My coworker tells me that his migraines are like a brain reboot. (I think I'll pass.)<br /><br />I feel the same way, which is why I'll be asking my therapist about her thoughts on going back on don't-be-crazy meds.<br /><br />Feel better.<br /><br />Oh, and sleep helps too, I hear.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-17819099734734040272010-03-05T17:24:22.073-04:002010-03-05T17:24:22.073-04:00Sorry. I have those days too.
This morning, Melod...Sorry. I have those days too.<br /><br />This morning, Melody threw her shoes because Jessica had to gall to wear her own pair of shoes. Get them the same shoes, you say? I did, Melly hated them, and I returned her pair to get her the ones she threw this morning.<br /><br />Grrr indeed.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-34348232963561535602010-02-08T14:46:35.801-04:002010-02-08T14:46:35.801-04:00inaccurate solid internist kind comminutes bracket...inaccurate solid internist kind comminutes bracketing andrews iiiempty desert fossil pkgs <br />lolikneri havaqatsuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-55653115567591704362010-02-06T02:32:25.140-04:002010-02-06T02:32:25.140-04:00Technology truly has become one with our daily liv...Technology truly has become one with our daily lives, and I am 99% certain that we have passed the point of no return in our relationship with technology.<br /><br><br />I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Ethical concerns aside... I just hope that as memory gets cheaper, the possibility of downloading our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I daydream about every once in a while.<br /><br><br />(Posted on Nintendo DS running [url=http://kwstar88.zoomshare.com/2.shtml]R4 SDHC[/url] DS SPPost)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-46692500759371164012010-01-06T05:20:01.671-04:002010-01-06T05:20:01.671-04:00Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-23951600978732473022009-11-20T12:10:42.711-04:002009-11-20T12:10:42.711-04:00It'll happen. It's just that you have no s...It'll happen. It's just that you have no say at all in the matter of when, or even how.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-69849222052182024872009-10-21T14:08:30.625-03:002009-10-21T14:08:30.625-03:00I have decided not to go back. It's so absurd...I have decided not to go back. It's so absurd that people think they can comment on how your children want to dress. would it be acceptable if they weren't twins? I doubt it. people would think it was 'too cute' if they were close in age sibs who wanted to wear the same things. grrrrJeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-45106536207731141592009-10-20T16:24:24.449-03:002009-10-20T16:24:24.449-03:00That sounds poorly planned. Also, how you dress yo...That sounds poorly planned. Also, how you dress your kids is your own business. Just so you know, if you dressed them differently, you'd be criticized for that too, at least daily. I would know.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-72490888526321309422009-09-30T22:35:25.690-03:002009-09-30T22:35:25.690-03:00Made me think, "wow I remember that. It real...Made me think, "wow I remember that. It really sucked."<br />Now my twin boys are 11 and, trust me, it gets better. <br /><br />Here's something to look forward to... When they get to do sleepovers, you get the house to yourself. They'll go together!shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-4149312029178762012009-09-28T22:28:00.142-03:002009-09-28T22:28:00.142-03:00Oh, God, you're so not alone. Or you wouldn...Oh, God, you're so not alone. Or you wouldn't be if my kids were still a bit younger. Every time I planned some super-mom preschoolish activity (taking a walk, for example) it ended in weeping and tantrums until I set them up with pacifiers and tv.<br /><br />Now I long for the days that I could hypnotize them with television. I felt like a bad mom, but at least I could make them be quiet!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385300459967135657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-43820174355072985602009-09-25T10:07:43.099-03:002009-09-25T10:07:43.099-03:00Oh my gosh, I love their names!!! They are so love...Oh my gosh, I love their names!!! They are so lovely. (I realize they are much bigger now.)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385300459967135657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-15435515608093107232009-09-25T10:01:59.232-03:002009-09-25T10:01:59.232-03:00I just discovered your blog last night, and I love...I just discovered your blog last night, and I love you. I think we are soul-mates. I appreciate your honesty. I would like to comment more but I have to hurry and work... but I hear you on the being too tired to fight them thing. Oh, how I hear you.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385300459967135657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-65901252510200119082009-09-23T11:04:49.822-03:002009-09-23T11:04:49.822-03:00Sounds like our house... including Tinkerbell pant...Sounds like our house... including Tinkerbell pants. Sometimes Dora will suffice.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042551936789254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871634.post-5011159058875351532009-07-31T14:57:30.797-03:002009-07-31T14:57:30.797-03:00Thanks! I am procrastinating as it's time for ...Thanks! I am procrastinating as it's time for me to "go home"... <br /><br />how many blogs can one woman read?Jeanne The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223529362343468419noreply@blogger.com