Serves Me Right For Asking...

[Bob Peale]

I just looked at the clock and realized that it was much too quiet for this time of day. Now, the rational person would just enjoy the solitude.

Then again, the rational person doesn't have two year old identical twin boys.

That have been awake for 2 hours.

So, much like Shaggy and Scooby, I proceed gingerly up the stairs. My wife is standing in the kitchen, cleaning up after Breakfast.

"Where are the children?" I ask hesitantly.

"You don't want to know."

Never a good sign.

Show she motions for me to follow, and we peek around the corner into the playroom. Where we watch Thing 1 and Thing 2 methodically filling their dump trucks on opposite sides of the room. Thing 1 fills his with Golden Grahams and Pretzels, wheels it over near where Thing 2 is sitting, empties it, and returns to his place to reload. Simultaneously, Thing 2 fills HIS with Golden Grahams and Pretzels, wheels it over near where Thing 1 is sitting, empties it, and returns to his place to reload. Both children have a Mt. St. Helen sized pile near them.

My wife was right; I didn't want to know.

 

[cymbidia]

Before i had children, and knowing i wanted two of them eventually, i used to imagine i'd have twins and get it all over with at once.

Now though, having gone through the whole process twice, i *know* that it's WAY easier (on the parents) to have them singly! Somehow, though, i think the kids get more out of their childhood by having a partner in crime, so to speak.

 

[Mistress]

Grins

Is the Thing 1 and Thing 2 nick something you and your wife both use?

Hehehe, I'm in line on both sides of my family to have twins, I always had the same out look as Cym, get it over with at once, but I know that I want at least three children when I do have kids. Soo, the getting it over with in one take isn't going to work.......

 

[MissTaken]

Who's great idea was it to invent green ketchup???

Ahhh and my little ones, age three and five, were "painting " my white walls with green ketchup yesterday!

A lovely picture of a tree ...........

Now, they were quite proud of their artistry and looking into those two little faces, I didn't know whether to laugh or start shouting out the dangers of green food coloring!

So, instead.....with every ounce of reserve I had, I commended their picture and told them, "Next time we paint, we do it MY way. lol"

Paper, watercolors and a drop clothe! lol

Then, I had to wipe away a few tears as I cleaned up the mess.

BTW.......you will never find green ketchup in this household again! hehehehe

Kids are grand!

 

[Bob Peale]

Grins

Is the Thing 1 and Thing 2 nick something you and your wife both use?

Hehehe, I'm in line on both sides of my family to have twins, I always had the same out look as Cym, get it over with at once, but I know that I want at least three children when I do have kids. Soo, the getting it over with in one take isn't going to work.......

It's somewhat universal; most people know who I mean by 1 and 2. It started during the ultrasounds, because tehy always labelled them Baby A and Baby B (we did not know the sex).

I agree with Cym...the 2 for 1 thing is better when they are older, but it's hell when they are little. Now they always have a playmate, but it was a challenge before they were willing to acknowledge that there were two of them!

 

[Bob Peale]

Re: Who's great idea was it to invent green ketchup???

Ahhh and my little ones, age three and five, were "painting " my white walls with green ketchup yesterday!

A lovely picture of a tree ...........

Now, they were quite proud of their artistry and looking into those two little faces, I didn't know whether to laugh or start shouting out the dangers of green food coloring!

So, instead.....with every ounce of reserve I had, I commended their picture and told them, "Next time we paint, we do it MY way. lol"

Paper, watercolors and a drop clothe! lol

Then, I had to wipe away a few tears as I cleaned up the mess.

BTW.......you will never find green ketchup in this household again! hehehehe

Kids are grand!

My in-laws told me it was a waste of money to buy child proof paint. I'm really glad I didn't listen.

When the Chaos Twins get a little older, we are going to buy that paint that dries into a chalkboard and paint one of the walls in their playroom with that.

 

[p_p_man]

You wait until your kids...

...sudenly become weirwolves with accompanying howls anywhere, anytime (if they're boys) or demand that you wait half an hour or more whilst their invisible pony finishes grazing (if they're girls). Again anywhere, anytime.

 

[Bob Peale]

Re: You wait until your kids...

...sudenly become weirwolves with accompanying howls anywhere, anytime (if they're boys) or demand that you wait half an hour or more whilst their invisible pony finishes grazing (if they're girls). Again anywhere, anytime.

I'll just have to wait to read about it in their letters from boarding school, although I think mail from the South Pole is somewhat infrequent

Besides, you don't know my kids...I think werewolf cubs torment their parents by imitating my children!

 

[MissTaken]

Re: Re: You wait until your kids...

I'll just have to wait to read about it in their letters from boarding school, although I think mail from the South Pole is somewhat infrequent

Besides, you don't know my kids...I think werewolf cubs torment their parents by imitating my children!

So where is this boarding school in the South Pole?

I just moved into this apartment and have to say, the concept of a toy room has probably saved the lives of my children on more than one occasion! lol

Blessings to you BP, I can't imagine twins at this age!

 

[White_Tigress_]

LMAO @ Thing 1 and Thing 2.
I'm sure they have read that book several times, except they picture themselves as the playful critters.

Kids are great....I have such a smile when I see them play, and brings memories back when I was a kid. Its hard for me to get upset at little things because I once did the same thing.

I was lucky though..I gave birth to only one child and she hasn't damaged anything. No more kids for me...I'm going to stop while I'm ahead!

 

[p_p_man]

Re: Re: You wait until your kids...

letters from boarding school, although I think mail from the South Pole is somewhat infrequent

LOL. Now why didn't I think of that at the time!

 

[Bob Peale]

I was lucky though..I gave birth to only one child and she hasn't damaged anything. No more kids for me...I'm going to stop while I'm ahead!

I don't think they think of it as damage...I get the impression that they are incorporating modifications inadvertently omitted by the designers.

 

[Bubblegum *sugarless*]

Thing 1 and Thing 2! I love it. My daughters (2 and 7) are my Heathens. Despite the age difference, they are partners in crime. The 2 yr old is the leader.

Just recently the 2 yr old convinced her sister to shoot ice from the icemaker at her. *sigh*

I'd like info on that boarding school also.

 

[Bob Peale]

So as I'm sitting here I'm now cursing myself for not keeping my mouth shut. There is a cacophony upstairs that is near deafening.

Apparently, they were racing...one had the vacuum, the other steam cleaner. I got upstairs just in time to catch them riding their rocking horse down the stairs.

Did I say in another thread that I liked rain?

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[beckbabe]

Bob, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but chalk is a mess. That chalkboard wall idea looks so cute in the magazines, until you have chalk powder everywhere. Now, for the worst news of all... you know those " washable" markers and paints... big lie...big big lie. You try getting "washable" marker out of a silk blouse!

Miss Taken, who does that green ketchup appeal to? Now they have green apple jacks too, what's next? Purple cheese sticks?

 

[PacificBlue]

Miss Taken, who does that green ketchup appeal to? Now they have green apple jacks too, what's next? Purple cheese sticks?

I did see blue applesauce at the store the other day...does that count???

 

[Beebeeblue]

Hey, my daughter(2yrs) loves that blue applesauce. It's "Blues Clues" dont you know......

 

[beckbabe]

Ewwww I forgot about the applesauce...they even have pink and green of that.

 

[Bob Peale]

Bob, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but chalk is a mess. That chalkboard wall idea looks so cute in the magazines, until you have chalk powder everywhere.

Oh, I know, we already have the problem. Just looking to channel the energy. We've got chalk everywhere as it is.

Now, for the worst news of all... you know those " washable" markers and paints... big lie...big big lie. You try getting "washable" marker out of a silk blouse!

Yeah, that was bitch, but I'ma huge fan of the washable interior paint. Many a wall in my house has been saved by the fact that NOTHING adheres to it...we've wiped pen, pencil, crayon and marker off of it.

 

[Siren]

Hey what gives with kids nowadays?

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Bob Peale]

I could spank you...

but I won't. You'd probably like it anyway

It's relative, I think. I suspect once the boys are a little older, what is and is not appropriate can be discussed.

There are a lot of things I "never" did that they do, but then again, my mother never had two the exact same age to contend with with no older children to help out.

There is a mathematical consideration that people without multiples don't often factor in.

 

[Siren]

Hey I got a question here

 

[Bob Peale]

Bob P.,

Will the paint survive those permanant pens--Sharpies? I had it on the stairs and red all over the outside of the front door, a black one throughout the dining room wall... What a mess!

Yep