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• (Not Exactly) A Walk in the Park

  Over the last six months, things have gotten so much more manageable when it comes to going out in public places with girls. But every once in a while, I get a little cocky. And those gals put me right back in my place.   Mother's Day in Boston was a gorgeous day, sunny and breezy. After a morning of indulgent "me time" (I slept in, was brought Dunkin donuts and coffee for breakfast, read for awhile, went to the gym, then sat outside in the sunshine with a magazine) I wanted to spend a little quality mother-daughter time with my gals. I decided to take them into the city, to the Public Garden. It seemed like a terrific idea at the time. On my own with the girls (and their doll strollers) at a city park that also happens to be a major tourist attraction, on a beautiful Mother's Day? Sure! No problem! Piece of cake!       Yeah, well. Not exactly.   Read More... Posted May 13 2009, 06:55 AM by Roper with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: twins, outings with twins, chaos, I am powerless, mother's day, toddlers, twin toddlers, Curious George, Boston Public Garden, bad parent

• The Pretend Play's the Thing

  Elsa and Clio have a new obsession: taking care of their "babies." Elsa's baby of choice is a Curious George doll (always referred to by his full name: "Curious George the Monkey) and Clio's is a "Bitty Twins" doll whose name, Clio recently informed us, is "Cora." Clio pronounces it "Koora" but if you say "Koora" back to her, she'll say, "No, Kooooo-ra!" until you say "Cora." Go figure. We have no idea where this came from. A fusion of Clio and Dora, perhaps? (The girls have a Dora dollhouse.) A nonsense sound that turned out to be an actual name? Interestingly, it's one of the names that was on my short list when I was pregnant.   The most popular playing-with-babies activity is putting Cora and Curious George the Monkey in the doll strollers and pushing them around the house at madcap speed. Dressing them up in hats, mittens, jackets, and whatever else the girls find in the front hall is also a hit. On Saturday afternoon, once everyone was suitably dressed for the cold,  the girls pushed their babies in their strollers to the playground two blocks away. (Aside: I love that we live so close to a playground. I do not love that some hooligans have graffitied it up with drawings of disturbingly anatomically correct penises.)   (Pics after the jump! Not of the anatomically correct penises!)     Read More... Posted Mar 24 2009, 07:43 PM by Roper with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: twins, Dropping a nap, playgrounds, twin toddlers, naps, pretend play, Curious George, dolls