Revelry Reverie

We should all be swearing more. Sometimes there is nothing as satisfying as a truly extravagant cuss. It fills up your senses. It empowers and relaxes. The science says that it helps increase pain resistance by a third. Here are my thoughts around swearing. Obvious disclaimer First, don’t use slurs or hate language. There is…

They fought over who would go first and even Grant (who was very concerned) thought it didn’t hurt.

I made Eleanor a little sign.

My sweet, thoughtful, smart, loving twinsies turn 10 today! Double digits! When they were just wee little twinfants, I thought this day would never come. Other moms in my multiple moms group had older kids, and it was just so unfathomable. And yet, time marches on, because here we are. Lots of changes this year:…

Yesterday we hosted a small party for the twins as they prepare to turn 10 on Monday. By prepare, I mean that they are eating lots of candy and bemoaning Roblox being down. For their party, we invited their neighbor friends, their cousins, and they each invited one friend from school — altogether, that came…

Fun but not good. I didn’t know how to do the peel so it showed, but using a very thick cotton paper helped make actual indents. The light was hard to capture. It’s also too yellow. It was fun to work through the problem even if the overall effect is a bit flat.

At the school bookfair the other night, both of the twins entered a raffle to win a painted pumpkin. Henry won one of three pumpkins! He picked Harry Pumpkin. Finally, a triplet for the twins.

“What is that,” my husband said.