Clarinda Cottage

There has been so much going on at our house during the last month that I have not had a minute to myself to collect my thoughts and blog!   Thing 2 called to scold me to get my blog up-to-date, so here I go ….

The major event that took place was the 24th birthday of Thing 1 (MacKenzie) and Thing 2 (BrieLynn) on May 3rd!  

I remember the original birthday all too well … going to my scheduled OB appointment five weeks before my due date, in tears only to have them tell me “it’s time!”.   Okay, how much harder can it be taking care of twins than four Salukis?  Looking back, the hospital social workers no doubt were concerned.  

Upon being discharged from the hospital and arriving home with the girls, I sent everyone who wanted to help me home … my kids, I can take care of them myself!   Next thing out of my mouth … “Should we feed ‘em?”  Truly, I had no idea what to do with them once they arrived home.  

As the story goes, the third night with no sleep I woke Pat with screams from the girls room asking “can’t you see them?”  My sleep deprivation had caused hallucinations of my precious little girls flying around the ceiling with devil horns!  It was then, at 2:00 a.m. that my husband called his mother in Ohio and asked how soon they could be here.   Several hours later, my in-laws arrived, I got some sleep and the rest is history.  

A lot has changed in the past 24 years but one thing has not … when they do visit the first thing I do is “feed ‘em”!