More Bows Than Balls

Just overheard from the bathtub...

"This isn't twins fight club."

Get Happy

Marie developed a new phrase while her mom was out of town. Whenever they were misbehaving, or just generally driving me crazy, she...

Mom is Home!

After exactly five weeks, my wife arrived safely home at 6:00 AM on Monday. Today is her first day back in the office with 1,600 unread...

Adele

Every parent thinks their toddler is immensely talented, so this is a case where I'm probably guilty of the same thing. But there have...

Nighttime Adventures

Overall the girls have slept really well while mom has been away, but last night was an exception. Etta found two unique excuses to get...

Long Weekend & First T-ball Experience

With no child care coverage on Friday, I took the day off and enjoyed a relaxing three-day weekend with the girls. On Saturday we went...

Early Wake-Up... or not

Until this point, our part-time nanny had been taking the girls to school on Thursdays while my wife has been out of town, just to let me...

Ill-Fated Night Off

I went to a hockey game last night, so our nanny stayed late and put the girls to bed. Everything was quiet until 2 AM when Etta started...

Aunt Jean Weekend & Potty Training off the Rails

My sister was in town from Washington DC this weekend. She took the girls to gymnastics class on Friday and then we had a fairly low key...

Daddy Doing Hair

Why is it that when I get the girls up for school, they are sound asleep and don't want to move, but when our nanny shows up at 7 AM they...

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About this Blog

This blog is a dad's perspective on raising identical twin girls. Our main goals are to share updates with family and friends, and to document some of the great stories that we inevitably forget during the blur of everyday life. The girls are three years old and so far the content writes itself.

Places We've Been

Here are the places that we've been brave (or crazy) enough to travel with twin toddlers.

MORE BOWS THAN BALLS