happy birthday!

So, it's not so much time off that I think I need, as "time with".... I want help
raising the littles rather than time alone. But I do like going to the grocery alone just because the girls so often cry on the long ride back from Trader Joe's. Plus they are getting heavy! I just wish we were surrounded by more people who were interested in helping us raise these girls. My ideal would be to live around a lot of parents who are really focused on their kids. A kibbutz, a commune. Something so I could take a bath without scheduling it, someplace where the girls would feel safe and cared for if I went to the grocery. They feel safe with Chris, of course--sometimes I think they are "better" or happier hanging with him--but then our whole day is divided, and it's like the rest of the day is "my turn" even when the errand I'm doing is for the whole family. Grrr.

We had our last Movers and Groovers class yesterday (thank God! the mamas there are so anti-AP it depresses the hell out of me each week). We hadn't been for three weeks, and the other moms said how big the girls had gotten and how "skinny" I was. I'm still not skinny, but getting closer!

Today we have our one year appointment. I may ask to skip the shots because the girls are going through something. It probably has a lot to do with getting ready to walk (Nico took her first steps the day before her party, December 10, but not really since). But also with the reason for my blog-silence: strep and ear infections!

Update: We got the chicken pox shot, and it wasn't too bad. Dr. V did it himself, which I thought was really cool. He is so good with my fussy clingers.

My next entry will be about this book Hold On to Your Kids. That, and the debate about where our girls should sleep and how we should "encourage" a change if there is one. God help us. Please.

The girls are standing solid, doing pretend-play, and begging me to read a book now........