by Full House MOM on May 16, 2011
>We (well, I) tend to coordinate our boys’ outfits, but lately, at the age of 4 1/2 years, they simply dress themselves and we never know what they’ll come out wearing. I recently bought two bright orange shirts at our spring resale for the boys to wear while camping or when we’re in a crowded place (think Out of this World or the zoo) so they are much, much easier for me to spot. So, when I asked the boys to wear these bright orange shirts for the party yesterday, they were more than happy to oblige. Here’s how the conversation went:
B: Look, Gavin, we are wearing the same shirt!
G: Yeah, Ben, that’s ’cause we are twins.
B: Oh, yeah. So we wear the same shirt.
Me: We’re going to a party where there will be a lot of twins, just like you.
B & G: (Grinning ear to ear, jumping up and down while holding hands) We’re going to a twin party! We’re going to a twin party! We’re having a party for us!
by Full House MOM on May 3, 2011
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We don’t always want to know what’s going on in there. Do we?
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| from Kim |
Why do the words “Mommy come look at the bathroom!” coming out of the mouth of one of my 6 year old sons scare me?
from Shauna
by Full House MOM on April 19, 2011
>This conversation isn’t with multiples and isn’t even with any of our kiddos, but we’ll all have elementary aged children one day, if not already, and all I can say is that teachers know more about what goes on at home than you’ll ever care to discover. In this case, it’s just funny, not too embarrassing. (In my opinion.)
Today while subbing in a third grade classroom, I conducted a survey presented by their school’s yearbook committee. The question: What’s your favorite TV show? I expected the usual Disney or Nickelodeon shows to pop up and did hear a few of those- iCarly, Phineas & Ferb, SpongeBob. Then there were some later evening shows like Survivor and American Idol. The best contribution to the list came from a little boy who beats to his own drum- Amazing Cake Stories. I was speechless, doing my best to maintain composure.
It made my day to hear this little boy share his love of Amazing Cake Stories, be it because his parents watch or just because he loves to watch it himself. The best was during the silent heads down, eyes closed, hand count for your top three choices- Amazing Cake Stories received not one, but two votes by two little guys in the class.
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One of Julie’s amazing cakes!  |
This post is for Julie N., whose children could likely choose this show as their favorite one day, and who should go on Amazing Cake Stories, although I have to admit it’s a show I’ve never even heard of until today and I’m not entirely sure it even exists.
by Full House MOM on April 11, 2011
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Conversation in my husband’s car on the way home from preschool the other day with our 4 1/5 year old twins. (I was working, otherwise, I’m the usual driver, as you can tell.)
On tattling on mommy:
Gavin: Dad, you know Sonic (the Hedgehog) is faster than anything!
Dad: Faster than Bolt, or the boy in The Incredibles?
Gavin: Yeah, faster than Cheetahs or any animal, too!
Ben: Yeah, faster than your car, ummm, but not Mommy’s van.
I’m definitely more of a Swagger Wagon kind of mom. But my kids apparently view me in this:
by Full House MOM on April 4, 2011
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Kid’s say the funniest/cutest/sweetest things. I love Facebook updates with kid conversations, whether with mom or dad, to siblings, or even self ramblings. I know you all love them, too, due the responses to those status updates. Every Monday we’ll post a “Kid Conversation” on here for you to enjoy. Please email me your kid conversations to share, especially if you deemed it Facebook worthy. Feel free to add any kid conversations on the topic of the week below in the comments as well.
On the difference between boys & girls:
(While playing with toy animals)
Mom: Lizzie, what are your tigers’ names?
L: Oh, this is Pretty and this is Princess.
Mom: Nick, what is your dog’s name?
N: Eyeball.
from FHM Mommy Rita P., while on a plane ride with her 4 year old twins. Brave woman!
Took this image from another twin blog: http://www.twinstuff.com/reviews-a-giveaways (Hopefully they won’t mind since I linked it to their site). Just had to show these t-shirts and how they sum up the difference between boys and girls pretty accurately. I know that’s not always the case (don’t get mad, please), and there are many girl destroyers and boy architects (though the boys still usually destroy their own creations shortly after building them). In my playgroup experiences, observing primary aged children on the playground while substitute teaching, and in raising three boys, I’ve found this difference to be really, really quite true.
