Yesterday I had the rare opportunity to sit back and watch (unnoticed) as the girls played. Ever since preschool started, Toddler 1’s favorite activity is to play “school.” She, of course, is the teacher and Toddler 2, like it or not, is the lone member of her class. So, Toddler 1 had pulled the rocking…
We learned something new about our alarm service this weekend. Apparently we’re what you might call super-monitored. On our way out the door on Saturday evening, Toddler 2 decided to tap a new button on our alarm panel. Now, we’ve accidentally set the alarm off at least twice before and, therefore, know the protocol on…
These days there are a couple of places I avoid going if I have both girls in tow simply to avoid unnecessary stress. The first is my local credit union, which so values face-to-face communication with its members, that it has deliberately chosen not to install a drive-thru at any of its twelve locations. Therefore,…
This week the girls have been playing with an array of new toys that came our way in celebration of Toddler 2’s birthday. On a much smaller scale, it’s kind of like the week after Christmas when you have new things everywhere and you have to purge some of the old to make room for…