Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
There's a pattern to their fights. To their skirmishes. To their kerfuffles. They are four. They are twins. They wrestle and touch each other CONSTANTLY until it gets to be too much and somebody snaps. When they push each other down and call each other names and maybe even bust out an I HATE YOU, I …
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Here's the truth. We go on a lot of adventures. This summer in particular because I have a ton of vacation time that I need to use from work or I lose it, so, yes - we go on a lot of adventures. And there is a lot of sweating because it is HOT. I …
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The best part of the Bedtime Stalling 101 Technique is that I CAN HEAR THEM PLOTTING ON THE MONITOR BEFORE THEY COME DOWN TO MY BEDROOM (where I am - within two minutes of their bedtime - fully set up in bed with snacks and Netflix roaring). So I have about 30 seconds each time …
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