From the category archives:

chicken

while they get along great most of the time, there are the other moments of frenzied biting when i think they need a DMZ.

sometimes i catch myself thinking “gemma never did that” and then i remember that gemma is
A) a different kid…all kids are different despite having the same parents.  i get that
&
B) did not have a sibling all up in her stuff ALL THE TIME and ohmygod it must be annoying when you are too little to know how to say “Back the hell up and get your own toy.”

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clover jane is a mess, but

by sesame on February 21, 2010

in chicken, daily life, kids

if you photograph her at a wide open aperture eating only plain crackers in just the right light and up against the white blinds she just looks cute and only slightly crazy.

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GUCKLES!

by sesame on February 18, 2010

in chicken, daily life, frog

the twins do knuckles…best baby trick ever.

“GUCKLES!”

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the baby girl . ttv style

by sesame on February 4, 2010

in TTV, chicken, kids, my work

still waiting on film, so still playing this way.  also waiting for the digital back fairy, but i have heard she does not exist.

i think i need to make a better contraption for shading the viewing screen and i have to settle on which lens for the d3 works best.  it will all be a bit of trial and error and i apologize in advance for subjecting you to my experiments.

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a sense of style already.

by sesame on February 1, 2010

in chicken, daily life, kids

clover. oh clover. i really look forward to watching you grow up.

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laughter, blood and great light

January 25, 2010

that was yesterday.

now that i think about it…that is most days around here.

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this one

January 13, 2010

she likes to climb. and jump. and luckily she likes to fall as well.
i am a nervous wreck the entire time she is awake.
clover has also taught her brother how to scale the furniture. unfortunately, kieran is not as adept at the art of getting down and just tonight gave [...]

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how

January 11, 2010

how? how did alec and i make two so very different little girls? i know, genetics…my dad had blue eyes. but wow. clover has taught me something from the very moment she came around that c-section modesty screen (the one put up so that you do not watch yourself being the [...]

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tomorrow is girl time

December 17, 2009

one of the most difficult things (so far) that i am finding as the mother of twins is getting to know them as individuals. they are just “the twins”. a unit. a little band of babies.
i have no problem having a day out with just gemma…nor taking the twins [...]

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rock star in training

December 1, 2009

toddlers are the new black after all.

clover is just a ploy to distract you from the fact that i still don’t have the rest of the party photos online yet…
oooh look! up there! cute toddler!

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