Archives for the Month of February 2006 on Twinmomma's Online Journal
Bring me Your feet
Chip did the funniest thing on Saturday. We were asking Dale to bring us things and he was. It was really cute plus we really got to see what words he knew as he brought us the cow, or the shoe, or Elmo.
So Hubby asks Chip to bring him his shoe. Now Chip is in this wild mood. Crazy giggling, running every where, super hyped. He picks up the shoe but keeps dancing out of reach of Hubby as he's trying to give it to him. He'd get close then would run away screaming in laughter. He did the "crazy approach and run away" a few more times. Finally he flings the shoes to Daddy and runs away laughing his head off.
Now Daddy wants to put them on him so he's trying to coax Chip into coming over to him. Chip keeps dancing just out of reach. So I say to him "Chip, bring me your feet." He reaches down grabs his toes and starts trying to lift his feet off the ground from a standing position. Then he moved his one leg forward a little bit and reaches for the other foot. He had this totally perplexed look on his face, like "Why can't I pick them up?" It was priceless. Hubby and I were literally rolling on the floor gasping for breathe. It was soooooo dang funny! I just love him so much. Silly little man.
I can't walk but I have fun falling down
Dumbest Comments Revisited
I shared the list of Dumb Comments with several Twin mom's I know and they list grew into 25 dumb comments along with some great one liners I've got to remember the next time we go to the mall.
For your reading pleasure, I give you the Top 25 Dumbest Comments we hear as twin moms......
Continue reading "Dumbest Comments Revisited"
Best Day Ever
The day dawned Sunny and Bright.
On Monday Chip & Dale and I went to the Zoo with another twin mom and her b/g twins (Pebbles and Bam-Bam) who are 3 days younger then mine. We had a great time. Dale loved the pygmy monkeys. He'd point and smile and look at me to see if I was looking at them. Then he's clap his hands and smile at the monkeys. Pebbles kept calling Chip "baby." I thought it was so cute. Chip really likes her. Dale likes to hang out with Bam-Bam. It's cute to see your children interact with other kids once in a while. There was hardly anyone at the zoo so we let the kids run around a little and then we had a big lunch and went home. They must have ate well because the boys were fast asleep by the time we exited the parking lot.
When they woke up, they were in such a good mood. I was watching them as I prepped dinner. They were sharing toys and not fighting. I saw them hug each other once. They were babbling away in a way that sounded so much like a real conversation with pauses and different inflections for excitement and interest. I was imagining they were "talking" about the monkeys and how neat they were.
They started to get a little fussy so I let them watch Sesame Street on Tivo. Dale got so excited when he heard the music start that he ran to the tv with this HUGE smile on his face. Then he turned around and ran to me, gave me a huge bear hug and the biggest smile ever before he ran back to the tv and sat down to watch Elmo. I felt like the biggest hero. Apparently he thought it was a pretty good day too!
We finished off the night with a big family giggle tickle fest that had us all rolling on the floor giggling and gasping for breathe before they went to bed and fell fast asleep.
ahh I love days like this. These are the days I wish I could bottle and revisit later.
What's New?
Well since our last entry a lot has changed.
Walking:
The boys are walking. Quite well in fact. Usually in the opposite direction and fast. Already I see this as a tactic they can use to their advantage as teenagers. They think it's great fun to walk down the drive way or into daycare. I swear... they look so dang cute in their little winter coats and hats, walking away. It makes me what to scoop them up and smooch them!
I need to teach them how to hold my hands. I fear one of them darting away from me in the daycare parking lot and getting hit. Don't even want to think about that!!
Words:
Chip can say "ma-ma", "da-da", "day-day" (no idea what that means), and "cat". I've heard him say up once or twice.
Dale can say: ma-ma, da-da, cat, duck, thank you, yeah, dat? (for what's that?). I've also heard up, dog, giraffe and bear. It was so funny the first time he said bear. It was more like "ba-ba-ba-air-rre." The second time it was more like Bayer, the medicine.
They both know "Ah-oh" too. We use that one a lot. Something falls on the floor..."ah-oh". Something is out of reach..."ah-oh". I also hear them say "who dat?" I think this means "what's that?"
We're way behind though. Should be able to say 10 words each. It's a twin thing. What can I say? They have each other to talk to plus they don't get all that one-on-one talking and listening with Mommy and Daddy that singletons get.
Actions
Their receptive lanaguage is amazing. I can ask them to give Daddy something and they will. I can ask them to choose between two things and bring me the one I asked for and they can do it.
They are destroying my house. Our new favorite game to play is climb up the bass speaker, slide down the arm of the chair, climb up the other arm of the chair, and try to slide across the end table to the other chair- all before Mommy throws a fit.
Dining Room chairs are for climbing up and standing on. Then trying to reach the sharpest object still on the table. Sigh! I feel more gray hairs happening every time.
Chip has figured out how to drink through a straw this week. he'd suck up the liquid then spit it out. ...He wasn't thirsty. He just wanted to practice.
Behavior:
Oh my do they fight now! Hair pulling, biting, shoving, pulling, pushing. We now need to have two of the same toys. And we have to be much more viligent about watching them. You have to be right there to see the behavior to correct the behavior. The only time they get along completely is in the bath tub. They love the tub! They've started "swimming" on their stomachs and kicking their legs. Too cute. Dale likes to lean over and pat Chip on the back in the tub. I put some bubbles in the tub last week. At first they were very confused. They didn't see their toys but after a while they thought the bubbles were great fun. They stuck their faces in it. They blew the bubbles. They swished them around. Who knew getting clean could be so much fun??
15 Dumbest Twin Comments
Ok, I saw these today on a web site and nearly peed my pants laughing. I especially like some of the comments at the end.
Enjoy,
15 Dumbest Twin Comments
15. "I could never do it." (Oh really. What would you do? Would you put them on the curb with signs around their necks that say, "Free to a good home. My mom can't do it."?)
14. "Do they have different personalities?" (No. They are the same human being divided into several parts.)
13. Said by a stranger, "They're identical, right?" Mom answers, "No. They're fraternal." Stranger response, "They are NOT!" (OK. You're right. I have no idea what I'm talking about. These are not my children. I thought it would be fun to borrow them from a mom down at Baby Gap. It's been more than an hour. I guess I should return them.)
12. "Are they 'paternal' twins?" (Yes. They have a father. There was only one virgin birth.)
11. "Just wait till they're older. It only gets harder." (Thank you. I woke up this morning hoping I'd receive a word of discouragement while pushing a cart of preschoolers down the cereal aisle.)
10. "When one cries, does he wake the others?" (No. Multiples cannot hear each other's cries because they all communicate with their special telepathic language only.)
9. From a perfect stranger: "Were they in the same sac?" (Hello. Nice to meet you, too. Will you be sharing your gynecological history with me as well?)
8. "Are they developmentally behind?" (Well, let's see. They're 3 years old and thus far, all their graduate school applications have been denied. We'll get back with you on that.)
7. "How do you do it?" (Haven't you seen the Nike commercials?)
6. "Are they natural?" (Nope, their arms and legs are made of silicone.)
5. "You must be SO busy." (Are you volunteering to clean my house?)
4. "Did you take drugs?" (Well, there was this one time in college....)
3. "What do you do when they all cry at the same time?" (Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I go to Starbucks.)
2. Said to a mom of boy/girl twins: "Are they identical?" (Uh. Not exactly.)
1. Only one comment could be voted No. 1. Drum roll, please. After a stranger had been informed that the toddler boys were twins, she asked a simple question: "Are they brothers?" (Enough said.)
There were some hum-dingers in the comments too. If you'd like to read it go here.