The Twinkies

This weekend F learned to take off the teething rail from her crib. The side rail already looks like a crazed wolverine has been at it. I’ve now put a gummi rail OVER the plastic rail. Get that off, Missy!

Oh, and both kids are now climbing on furniture. The rocking chair? Check. The armchair? Check. One foot on the arm of the toddler-sized rocker-chair, one foot on the back, reaching for the windowsill? Check. One foot on the backrest of the walker wagon, hands on the gate, reaching to climb over the gate? Check.

This learning thing, it’s good. Right? Right?

First, some housekeeping notes:

• If you are feeling memey, don’t forget to do the Alumni Magazine Blurb Meme.
• Today is your last chance to vote in the Summer Photo Contest. Erika seems to be running away with it; she’s clearly got the get out the vote skills.
• Be sure to share any crazy comments you’ve gotten about your kids (or just enjoy the ones that are there) of recommendations for baby and kid stuff, and if you want, put yourself on the Blogroll.

Now, be sure to link to your favorite blog post of the week. It could be yours. It could be someone else’s. What was good this week?

After the alumni magazine entry and your responses I have decided to create a meme. Can one do that? Just create a meme? Or is there some meme committee that needs to be consulted?

1. Write two versions of a blurb to your high school or college alumni magazine. (If your school doesn’t have one, fake it. It’s just a genre.) The first should be the perky kind you always actually read in these things and the second version, well, less perky and more brutally honest.
2. Tag people.
3. Link to this post and give me credit for my brilliant meme. Then, of course, if the meme committee gets their noses out of joint that they weren’t consulted, they’ll know where to find me.

Stacie and B are so thrilled that their twins, J and F, just celebrated their first birthday. Everyone who said that after the first year twins are easier was right! They are such a joy to watch as they play with one another and explore their world. She is staying home with the toddlers (toddlers!) and has been able to use this time to develop many interests including gardening and gourmet cooking.

After shoving needles in her ass in order to get and stay pregnant, Stacie was pleased to announce the birth of her twins last year. She is even more pleased to announce that she has survived, albeit barely, their first year of life. She notes that sleep deprivation really is a form of torture and that there is a thin line between picking up Cheerios all day and feeling like she isn’t good for anything other than picking up Cheerios; some days she is on the wrong side of that line. She misses teaching but isn’t ready to put the kids into full-time day care. Rock, meet hard place.

OK, If you are reading this, you are tagged. Get on it and share those alumni notes! Then, leave a comment so I can go read yours…