The Twins are Three!
Tweet Since the twins have quite literally grown up on this blog, I think it is only fair to share some photos of their birthday celebration yesterday. W had a pretty low key day. Most pastors take Monday as a …
Visiting Santa
Tweet Historically, we’ve not been a big visiting Santa Claus family. Early in our marriage, we were actually pretty anti Santa. We were (rightfully) worried about teaching our children wrongly about Christmas, we did not like the idea of lying …
Have Fun With Your Kids: Play in the Snow!
Tweet It is no secret that I love winter. I especially love a long, snowy, North Dakota winter. While we’ve had two snows already this fall, this is our first accumulating, significant snow. The girls were the first to notice …
Twins: Alike or Different?
Tweet Lizzie and Emily are just over two and a half years old right now. They have such different looks, that they hardly look like sisters, let alone twins. Our twins have always been a riddle. From the time …
Twins and Schedules
Tweet Make sure that you put them on a schedule from day one, or you will never get any sleep. Yes, this is the advice that I, and every other twin mom has received, beginning from that first announcement of …
Does God Give Us More Than We Can Handle?
Tweet I’m a mom to toddler twins. Lizzie and Emily are adorable, sweet and a huge blessing. However, they really do drive me to my breaking point. Every.Single. Day. This is hard. I like to think of myself as a …
First Haircut
Tweet I’ve never had to take a child to a first haircut before. Having only mothered boys for the early mothering career, the first haircut always fell firmly in the Dakotapastor camp. And, since he was taking them to decidedly …
Twin Tuesday: Would I Do it Again?
Tweet The other evening on Twitter, I learned that a fellow blogger, Zoie, is about 29 weeks pregnant with twin girls. I was super excited for her. After having twins, it is always fun to welcome someone new to the …
How Dog Biscuits Changed My Mind
Tweet It is no secret that our dog Shadow causes me at least a little stress each day. He is overly attached to me, needy and not just a little bit loud. However, he is an important part of our …
Glad Black Bags and Reclaimed Space
Tweet We live in a small house. Actually, the house is not all that small; our family is quite large. Larger than average, smaller than some. When we bought our three bedroom home, it was perfect. We had four sons, …