Our Reality-Show Worthy Childcare Journey. So Far.
Rachel is the birth mom in a two-mom household with boy/girl 18 1/2 month old experts at the word “no”. You can read more about them at Motherhood.Squared _________ I was supposed to write a post during our Childcare Week about childcare back in April, but the death of my grandfather scrapped my posting plans, and, as is the story of my post-kids life, I am just now getting around to certain things. Irreparably long-wind

Back 2 the Future: So blessed/so depressed
My twin pregnancy was diagnosed at our 20-week ultrasound. Our twins were healthy and the pregnancy was low-risk, as twin pregnancies go. We were flooded with congrats and well wishes from friends and family. I spent the first week after the ultrasound in complete shock. Sometime during the second week, I calculated what our daycare expenses would be. By the end of that week, I was very, very depressed. According to the multiples pregnancy books I rea

How many ways can I split my time?
If there’s one thing all moms can agree on, it’s probably that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.  One bit that I’ve really been struggling with recently is how to fit in all of the various permutations of “quality time.” As a full-time stay-at-home-mom, I get more time with my two kids than I sometimes know what to do with.  I’m glad I get to be with them so much, even though it’s exhausting. But we get all kinds of time together.  And the kids are together pretty much all day every day, so no worries about them getting all the time they need.  But what about the other combinations? First,

Halloween, Take Two
Last year was our most low-key Halloween ever. I thought briefly about getting our 7 month old twins costumes, but threw that idea out the window once I saw the sticker prices on those cute, little infant costumes. (Sadly, I was not the savvy bargain shopper I am now, and did not know to check out the Old Navy costume sale, the local consignment shops, or the fall MoM sale.) Instead, I picked up two Halloween shirt/pants outfits from Target, and my babies wore them several times throughout October.

Halloween for Preemies!
Last year my baby girls celebrated their FIRST Halloween.  It was their very first holiday ,and y’all, we L-O-V-E holidays around here!  Initially I hadn’t planned anything fun or even a costume for my twins because they were due November 12.  I figured they’d come a little early, but September 4?!  I love Halloween- love fall weather, love the fall colors, the fall smells, the cutesy stuff (not so much the scary stuff), love the candy (of course), and I LOVE seeing the neighborhood kids (especially babies) all dressed up in their costumes!  As Halloween was approaching, I was SO pumped to dress my little baby dolls up.