When Dad fills in for mom

I’m three days into my week with the girls. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
They are a little more overwhelmed by new environments than I might have thought. Liana’s clingyness is especially surprising: She is so independent and adventurous around the house. We went to gymnastics Monday, and they were both stuck to my legs. [...]

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Guest Post : Slow the Game Down [Daddy's Perspective]

Fellow gentlemen, I would like to begin with an apology. Though I am about to make your wives very happy, I might have just sold out my fellow men in search of the truth. I hope you will be able to forgive me for what I am about to say, because, I will assure you, [...]

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Sharing the germ-love

My boys have been in group day care since they were 3 months old. In the last two years, we’ve seen more than our fair share of illnesses. The first few times they were sick, we did everything we could to avoid cross-contamination. This resulted in one kid getting sick just as the other one was [...]

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Battle Wounds or Burden?

Last night I was flipping through the TV channels, and I came across a show called Big Medicine.This TLC show documents real people, their struggles with weight, self-esteem and weight-loss surgery. My husband is going to have gastric bypass in the very near future, so this show was intriguing to me. I stopped my channel [...]

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The anti-schedule for multiples

For my first post last week, I talked about how simple planning can help a day go smoother. I talked about how you need to sit down the night before and just plot out a few activities (or more) to do the next day with your young children or babies.
This, I said, is more for [...]

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