We’ve been homeschooling Big Sister since 1st Grade. She starts 5th and Squish and Stretch are starting Kinder this year. Big Sister has used Abeka DVDs for the last couple of years. That worked for us because I have a small business and the twins were so small (and ACTIVE). This summer I kept feeling nudges towards Classical Conversations. I didn’t want to change. With Abeka DVDs, I was participating 10% of the school day. With CC I’ll be participating 90% of the time. That is a HUGE change and very overwhelming. We missed the first two class days of CC and visited on the third. Foundations ..read more

I’m recommended a site because I love it myself. My daughter and I have both watched more craft classes than we can count (we’ve tried!). Thanks for using our affiliate links, they don’t cost you anything extra but it puts a few cents in our pockets…so we can learn a new craft tomorrow! Now that my boys are ALMOST FIVE YEARS OLD, they have a lot more time playing independently. I’m watching them out my window right now with their trucks in a dirt pile. This means their big sister, now 10, and I have a little more time to do what we love. CRAFT. I just made her a pour painting on canvas for her ..read more

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I’m worried that I’ll never be able to express enough gratitude to my children, for the small conveniences they provide for me. This is a perfect example. Some unknown, super thoughtful child knew just how taxing it is when you must unroll your own toilet paper. Said child, graciously, unrolled the rest of this roll. Just for ME. Out of the kindness of their heart. To show how much they appreciate just how much I do for them. I will be forever grateful ..read more

I feel like a pretty strict Momma. With a 9yr old and two 4yr olds, my kids do 90% of the dishes. They clean up their toys, they eat what the restaurant serves (no chicken nuggets when everyone else is eating sushi), a salad with dinner every night, they say please & thank you, yes ma’am & no ma’am, yes sir & no sir, they feed the dogs, and they take the trash out. We have a good system and things run pretty smoothly in our home. Most of the time. Until we do something fun, we go to the park, the museum or like yesterday…the pool. It’s mid October in Texas so it’s one of the last d ..read more

My Mother-in-Law bought our boys balance bikes for Christmas when they were 22mo old. I rolled my eyes.  I thought these were the goofiest things I’d ever heard of. So, I didn’t push them to ride them. They also had tricycles and those I encouraged. Squish loved the tricycle and won 80% of their little races down the driveway. Stretch loved that stupid balance bike. He was so good on it. I knew that their personalities had just provided the perfect little case study on which is a better start: tried and true tricycle or the ultra trendy balance bike. Fast forward to 3.5yrs old. We bought ..read more

This kid thinks that garbage trucks are awesome. He is friends with our regular garbage man AND the ones who fill in on his day off. They all know his name. They blow their horn when they get to our house, if we aren’t already outside waiting. They take their gloves off and shake his hand. He’s on a garbage high the rest of the day.  He loves to take the trash out. So guess what he wanted to be for his 3rd Halloween. A Garbage Man! There are zero ready made costumes for this, so here is the super easy DIY garbage man costume. Three important letters you need to learn first, PPE. Personal ..read more

Quiet Play first started in our house when the twins were 2yrs old. I was visiting a fellow twin friend who has NINE KIDS. Our combined 12 children had played so nicely but they started to get a little too wild/cranky in the afternoon. This awesome mom suggested “Blanket Time” and I watched as she placed small blankets down for everybody  under the age of 5. Each child sat on a blanket and received a special quiet toy. If they stayed on their blanket and played quietly for 30 minutes, they received a treat. Mine needed a few reminders because 30 minutes is a longtime if you’ve never done ..read more

It’s been so long since I’ve even thought about sleep training twins. Most of my friends are already on their 3-4th baby and I’ve already given them the Sleep Lady book. Remember to use room darkening or black out curtains. Find a Lovey or Blankey they love. Use a sound machine or a box fan. Sing the same songs/books before every sleep. Nap & bedtime both. If your littles aren’t toddlers yet, rewind to my baby sleep training tips.  While you are at it, pick up the Sleep Lady Workbook too. You are exhausted, been there, done that. The kind of tired that is scary. You fall asleep eating ..read more

As we approach the boy’s 4th birthday, I’m standing here to remind you just how fast it goes. Sort of. I love looking back on how I handled situations relating to my  pregnancy and birth. I wish that I’d joined my local MoM, Moms of Multiples much earlier. I was a member 3 years in Bay Area Moms of Multiples and was a great experience. Friends who actually understand what you are going through, moms night out, and the best buy and sell page you’ll ever see! If you’d like to find your local MoMs group, click here http://tmom.info/Club_Search.html If you are going through this (cr ..read more