Glo sticks

Recently I went on a mini tirade about children leaving things in pockets and having items go through the laundry. The event was spurred on by my discovery of a glo stick in the dryer. Glo sticks are plastic tubes full of noxious, flurescent liquid. Kids usually wear them around the neck, and they are quite popular around Halloween and at parties. No one would claim responsibility for the glo stick, which of course only upped my passion in the mini tirade: 'ruining clothes, grumble grumble, chemicles on Emmeline's baby clothes, grumble grumble.'

Afterwards I looked at the glo stick more closely.

It was actually the suction tube to my breast pump, and not a glo stick at all.

Oops.

Oldies but Goodies

Sextuplets!

Watch this link. Just trust me!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid271548328?bctid=6940628001

They don't tell you this beforehand

One day, mommies, you might wake up, look at your daughter and realize with sharp shock how grown up she is. I know, you don't think it will happen to YOU. You will be in touch and focused on your daughter - consistently current, right? I used to think that, too. Then, my oldest daughter had her 8th grade promotion and I was taken aback. She is a young woman. Time, where have you gone?

I must have blinked

Somehow my twins have become so grown up! Motherhood is like that -- the days seem long, yet the years are short.

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Ages seven

Ages twelve

Edit: for those who asked, Megan is older by 28 minutes

Just swimmingly

We had been talking about taking Emmeline to our local swimming pool. She loves her bath and is surprisingly comfortable in water. Today was the day!

Swimsuit from Target, legs from Mom

Emmeline and her Daddy had a fantastic time!

Harrison Ford in the House

Not my house, but in my neighborhood! Apparently Hans Solo himself is here in our part of Portland filming a movie! This morning on our drive to school we passed two police cars & movie crews setting up. Rumor had it Harrison himself was walking around ...