I met Paul through the Southern California Mountaineers Assn. We became buddies over rock climbing trips to Joshua Tree, Lake Perris and Malibu’s Point Dume.
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At Least Your Hair Looks Gorgeous
When I was eight, my sister told me to sit still at the kitchen table, she’d be right back with a special surprise. Her “special surprise” turned out to be a whiffle bat strike to the head. Similar to this whiffle bat encounter, my experience with motherhood has not turned out the way I expected. […]
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Surviving the Twinning Reaction
The intense bonding connection between twins is called “the Twinning Reaction,” by psychologists and researchers. My neighbor the dog trainer says, “Don’t adopt two puppies from the same litter because they’ll never obey you.” Same concept. The obstetrician did not hear the second heartbeat until 18 weeks. I was already panicking about motherhood – now […]
Read MoreAdvice to your Daughters: Don’t Waste Your Time on My Boys
When I was twelve, my middle school girlfriends and I called boys on the phone, hovered by the fence at Pop Warner football practice, and sat around at slumber parties speculating on which boys might ride past on their bikes or try to peek in the windows.
Read MoreSmooth Operators or Wild Animals?
FROM COLORADO BABIES MAGAZINE, FALL 2015 My twin boys have been fascinated by pretty girls since they could wave from their double stroller. But as a mom who grew up with only one sister, I have zero experience with handling little boys who notice females and recruit their own babysitters.
Read MoreWhat My Son Taught Me About Red Sox Uniforms and Being A Twin
“I was eagerly picking out Red Sox margarita glasses while waiting for our flight home when one of my 5-year-old twin boys approached me…..”
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The Pick-Up Artists
Originally featured in Errant Parent When I discovered I was pregnant with identical twin boys, I had lovely fantasies about what that would be like and who they might become: matching denim overalls, sweet manners, a lack of interest in girls until puberty, and a curiosity about the earth that would lead them to become […]
Read MoreFive Rules of Holiday Etiquette Not to Bother Teaching Your Children
From Boulder Lifestyle December 2014 Over the course of twelve Decembers trying to instill Emily Post-worthy behavior in my identical twin boys, I’ve seen many of my holiday manners tutorials come back to bite me.
Read MoreFitness For the Rest of Us
From Boulder Lifestyle October 2014. I became a fitness instructor because I was awful at team sports.
Read MoreMommy and Me²
As a stay-at-home mother of energetic three year old twin boys, the discovery of “Mommy and Me” classes made me happier than non-chafe nursing pads. I’d get out of a house so baby-proofed I couldn’t watch my own TV, and the boys would get exercise.
Read MorePlease Remain Seated With Your Seat Belt Tightly Fastened
Boulder Lifestyle, 6/14. With extended family on both coasts requiring multiple flights per year, my husband and I lived for the day our identical twin boys could entertain themselves while traveling.
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The Road Runner, the Identical Twins, and the Garage Door Opener
Exhibit A: We’re late for gymnastics class and I yell downstairs to my five year old boys to grab coats and get in the car. I dash into the bathroom only to hear the garage door go up. Then go down again. Then up. Then down again.
Read MoreTable Manners
Pooping in a park in broad daylight? Refusing to get in the car until a hot Brazilian nanny kisses them goodbye? Being inappropriately affectionate with their principal? These are just a few of the parenting challenges I’ve faced with my identical twin boys in their ten years so far, but dining etiquette tops the list.
Read MoreHow I Learned the Value of Ambidextrous Breasts
During my pregnancy, I complained about lost brain cells and how relieved I would be to regain them once my twins were born. The experienced mothers fell to the floor in collective hysteria.
Read MorePlease Don’t Ask Me To Feed Your Cat
What kind of a mother would deny her children a pet? My identical twin boys had been asking for a critter of the non-stuffed variety since they could bellow the word “DOG!” out of their double stroller with the enthusiasm of someone pointing out a prancing pink unicorn.
Read MoreFoodies In The Woods
I am not a foodie. I have food poisoned myself, realized after six months in a new condo that the oven didn’t work, and over-cooked canned chowder so badly it exploded like foam out of a fire extinguisher on lifting the pot lid.
Read MoreWine Tasting 101
At the university I attended, there was a school of hotel management. One of the most popular courses amongst non-hotel students was “Introduction to Wines.” We liberal arts and engineering majors snickered like fifth graders taking a second grade spelling test. Rumor had it you sat in a huge lecture hall and sampled wines all […]
Read MoreThese Mothers Wanna Win!
When I first moved to Boulder from Los Angeles, I was a fit, athletic mother of twin toddlers. I thought I looked great. When asked by other mothers, “What do you do?” I’d proudly respond, “I’m a fitness instructor!”
Read MoreRiding the Volcano
It’s day three of our 310 mile bike ride around Hawaii’s Big Island, and I’m feeling stoked. The landscape resembles an alien planet with olive green ferns and lichen framing black lava boulders.
Read MoreBig Moguls, Bad Hairday
“Not listening to your intuition,” the man said. He was answering my question about the number one cause of accidents in outdoor active and wilderness sports.
Read More8 Things I Hate About The Holidays
Boulder Lifestyle 12/13. Every year I get my hopes up that the holiday season will be stress-free, fun, and peaceful.
Read MoreTraining the Boulder Way
Boulder Lifestyle 7/13. When I was single in California, I loved to ride my bike. I’d cruise along the beach, ride to meetings, or just wander.
Read MoreMy Children Are Terrible Liars
My identical twin boys are terrible liars. Friends brag about their price-cheating efforts: how they prep their kid to tell
Read MoreThe Dead Raccoon
When my twin boys were infants, I watched “Desperate Housewives.” There was an episode where a mom is called in to the principal’s office
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