My child went totally philosophically meta on my yesterday. I was sitting outside, thinking about dull, adult things, sipping on my mundane ...

I do a words and phrases list every now and again to track cute things that will soon vanish from my auditory life forever. The girls are sp...

Being the holiday season, we've made a few trips to Goodwill, dropping off old, unused toys, and picking up new (to us) ones! I'm ...

Today I'm lucky enough to have a guest post that really pertains to my interests as a parent of twins. I come up against all sorts of is...

Problem: It's been three months since you've seen your child. You don't know who this monster is who has replaced him, but he su...

With the advent of my kids making friends, comes the individuality of one of them being better friends with one person, while the other is b...

My twins do everything together. They've never been apart. They prefer to be together always, and like I've said before, I'm jus...

This week: toddler logic at its best. Dulce makes the case for a lollipop before breakfast.  

My twins are four. They know they are different people. They know it. Yet their lives revolve around this fierce competition, a strange comp...

Some problems are exacerbated with twins. I'm sure some twins are expertly behaved at all times, and some singletons have many more is...

Today I have a guest post that draws attention to some simple parenting knowledge that sometimes gets overlooked. _____  I have raised t...

This morning, my girls were discussing the cookie-making we're going to do this afternoon. Dulce wants to make chocolate chip cookies. N...

Problem: You want your child to do something, a developmental milestone you hope for them to reach. But they won't or they can't, ...

My little girls are in preschool. Both in the 'wow, they're growing up' way, and in the 'they are actually, right now, not i...

Problem: You're all bored. It's summer, and you've gone to the pool or lake everyday, then it rained for a week and you saw ever...

Problem: Your child won't wipe herself, or eat, or sleep, or whatever it is she won't do. It's a battle of wills, and you aren...

Oftentimes, I live in a hellish world of lunacy where children just less than four make the rules. And this seems totally reasonable. Why? W...

I've mentioned the switch my children experience on a monthly (or daily) basis. Attached to that, or right next to it, is the leap frog...

In celebration of their first haircut, I give you, three years of hair from my girls! (Or lack thereof). November, 2008 - 3 months old ...

Some kids have imaginary friends. Mine have pretend enemies. Maybe it's because they're twins and have a built-in playmate that th...