these two

Marlo and her cousin Luke are the best of friends.

doorbell ditching

Took this when we were in Tahoe for the fourth of July. We stayed at a beautiful house with the Henneseys and had so much fun.

*thanks everyone for the sweet comments on my last post. I appreciate the support. I know that it takes a village, and I've got the best village anyone could ask for :)

if you don't have anything nice to say...

don't say anything at all, right?

I haven't posted anything for awhile for that reason. It's too hard to pretend that everything's just fine when it's not. The truth is the twins have been so difficult with fits and fighting and refusing to sleep that all I want to do is throw a fit myself.

It's typical mom stuff I guess: exhaustion, isloation, frustration. But aside from the vacation and nanny and housekeeper we all need, I want things to change. I want to have fun with my kids. Show them new things and let them explore. But we're stalled by battles of getting into their carseats and keeping them off the counter. Grocery shopping is a monumental feat navigating a double wide stroller and a shopping cart. But if you can't get milk and diapers, you just can't move forward in life, I tell you.

Anyway, these are old pics of them "coloring". Thank goodness for washable and non toxic.