My Nature Kids

I am so sick of sickness! It seems like our whole family has spent way too much time being sick this summer. I am finally seeing the doctor this week, so hopefully that will help me, but last night S. came down with something and was an out-of-commission dad today. Twins are hard with two healthy parents. With one sick parent and one parent who has been under-the-weather since June, they are kind of a nightmare. A nightmare I love, don't get me wrong, but a nightmare just the same.

On the bright side, we finished off our really long, hard day with a nice walk around the neighborhood and saw lots of neighborhood kids out playing in the cool of the early evening. J. spotted the moon and B. spotted birds on the water tower hill. My nature kids.

My Olympic Kids

After the kids and I finish lunch, we often adjourn to our little sun room and the kids play for a bit on the slide and the swing while I offer encouraging comments from the couch. One day, I started pretending to be a play-by-play announcer -- saying things like, "She's up on the platform! She's thinking about her next move.... aaaaaand she's off!" in that really sports-announcer-ey kind of voice. The kids love this. Now they take turns (as much as two-year olds can take turns, anyway) doing tricks on the slide and the swing and the kid who isn't the official trick doer, watches from what I have taken to calling the judge's chair. It's kind of like our own little toddler Olympics. I think it's fitting since the Olympics are coming up in China this summer.

In any case, I manage to amuse myself along with the kids as I offer my commentary. For example, today, J was impatient for B to do her sliding trick and kept saying, "Go! Go! Go!" and so I said, "The judge from China is heckling the athlete! Uh oh! He's out of his chair! He's approaching the platform! This is unheard of! What will happen next?!!"

Maybe it was a "you had to be there" moment, but I'm telling you, it was hilarious. Yes, having twins has pushed me just a wee bit closer to crazy. But it's a good place to be.

My Beloved Kids

The wee ones are growing up faster than I could have ever imagined, and I tend to get caught up in the abundant duties of motherhood and I forget to take note of the important things; things like first words. Yes, I will admit it publicly: I have no idea what my son's first word was. My current plan to rectify this is to try a blog. We shall see.

Today's Golden Moment

Our world's-most-amazing-and-incredible nanny, May May, and her equally-amazing-and-incredible-sister, Zine, took J and B to the zoo this morning. May May told me J and B both got scared on the gondola ride over the zoo, so she snuggled them up and each kid put a head on her shoulder. I love that they all love each other so much. I feel blessed and lucky to have such an amazing young woman in our lives.