September 29th, 2009 — 3:28am
Check out this expert from
Twinparenting.com. I think we’ll all recognize that we suffer from TES.
Are you a victim of Twin Escalation Syndrome?Twin Escalation Syndrome (TES) is the tendency for twins, triples, or more to feed upon each others behaviors, and to escalate the behaviors in reaction to each other. TES. If you are a parent of multiples, you’ve got it. Every day.
If one multiple gets scolded for bad behavior, the other(s) must immediately perform the same action that resulted in the scolding – and often build on the behavior – bigger, bolder, “badder”. If one screams, the others scream louder.
In fact, Twin Escalation Syndrome often results in behavior that is so over the top, we’re not just talking “double trouble”. You’ve got the bad behavior of one, added to the bad behavior of the other, and then intensified — exponentially. Sometimes it seems that every bad behavior of one is picked up and mimicked by the other(s).
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August 17th, 2009 — 3:04am
Today was the first time I’ve been out of the house since Tuesday, the flu is finally going away. So, what did we do? We went looking at houses, naturally. We found ourselves at another house in Laurelhurst, which is only 1.5 blocks from the awesome Laurelhurst Park. We had our first experience with a tire swing today! Levi didn’t get it and couldn’t sit on the tire – he wanted to slip through. Milo, on the other hand, instantly understood it.
Grab the chains!
Hold on tight!
Enjoy the view while Mommy swings you!
Whoops (see Milo ’sitting’ under the swing?)!
Milo says “Didn’t hurt… just my swingmaster ego…”
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June 28th, 2009 — 4:20pm
We visited Matthew’s Beach park again this weekend. The weather was lovely and the water had warmed up enough to allow for the boys to…. TOUCH THE WATER! Enjoy the images of their first real encounter with the beach.
They got utterly soaked and covered in sand. It was the world’s best water table! Good thing we have tiny bathing suits handed down to us from Gavin.
Other notable things this week:
- Milo knows where his toes are. And your toes. We discovered this when I asked Milo if he wanted toast and he laughed and pointed to his feet.
- The boys really like spicy food. They rebelled against bland potatoes and toast and I, frustrated, put spicy black beans and SoyRizo on their trays. And they loved it!
- I have discovered a deep and lasting love for baking muffins. We’ve had several batches lately, but the best is this Morning Glory recipe. I swapped the white flour for whole wheat, and cut the sugar in half. Next time I’ll add some shredded zucchini and some chopped dates.
- No more bottles! We finally made the switch to sippy cups. Yay!
- The boys have been watching Michael Jackson videos all weekend with us. Milo’s favorite is Billie Jean from Mowtown 25 and Levi likes Workin Day and Night (there are so many endings to this performance even Michael gets confused!).
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June 23rd, 2009 — 12:48am
We all had a little coffee before we headed off to Magnussen Park.
Levi says “HAAAIIIIGH!!!”. The way the iPhone camera warps close-ups makes this photo even sillier.
Pileup on the slide. Traffic was rerouted for hours.
Boy in a bubble.
Contemplative Milo.
Mommy and Milo having a walk.
There was a Humane Society adopt-a-thon going on at the park… we very nearly came home with a five year old Beagle named Beau.
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May 4th, 2009 — 3:30am
They were really enjoying swinging at the park in Queen Anne. That is, until Mommy stopped their swinging to take a sweet photo with her boys. Then they remembered they were hungry, teething (Milo’s got ALL FOUR molars coming in at once and Levi has already popped two with two more days away!), and not swinging anymore.
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April 19th, 2009 — 1:15am
Here we are again at Matthew’s Beach Park.
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April 4th, 2009 — 10:35pm
Finally! Seattle delivers a GORGEOUS weekend day. We went to our new favorite park at
Matthews Beach to play.
The boys enjoyed rocking on this big-boy plane. Until Levi tried to throw himself overboard.
The baby version of the Indiana Jones bridge was a big hit. They cruised back and forth for 20 minutes. And Levi discovered how delicious the metal chains are. Yum!
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October 28th, 2008 — 2:46am
Dahling, if you have the means, you really must have your hair done by a little moo-cow. It is an experience not to be missed.
Levi, our moo-cow, had another first yesterday. He rode in the shopping cart at Trader Joe’s like a BIG boy! No babies here who need their portable car seats… nope. Nobody here but us grown up moo-cows.
PS – Thanks for the cute cow outfit (a “cowtfit”) Gramma Carol.
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