tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601648608369209682024-03-14T01:25:28.121-07:00Twin HappyHappy Mom's TwinsManboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-89951798198451830932013-04-01T03:54:00.000-07:002015-05-27T04:14:50.352-07:00Gps Watch Buying Guide<div style="text-align: justify;">
I love doing running with the boys. do you really want to improve your running times with the best GPS running watch available?</div>
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If so let's get to it… The trick <a href="http://toughtacticalwatches.com/3-tactical-gps-watches-consider/" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">to finding the best GPS watch</a> is to know what you really need. This time, I'm going to uncover the truth by examining and balancing your needs and the features available for GPS watches. <a href="http://toughtacticalwatches.com/" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">See here for detail</a>.</div>
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To start with you should find a watch by understanding exactly what your needs are. Do you run in the hills? Are you surrounded by sky scrapers? Do you frequently run in wet conditions? If you answered yes to any of these your really may need the best GPS watch available to keep up with your rigorous demands, if not… well we have a few more criteria to go through.</div>
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Next you should consider comfort. Do you have a small wrist or hate the feel of something on your wrist? Maybe you'll be wearing it around your neck, or in a running pack. If you really feel a smaller unit is necessary than it is, but don't forget to weigh screen size if your eyes aren't what they used to be.</div>
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The final thing you should consider is what running features you really need. With all the fancy technology available now such as Real Time Pacing and Elevation and Virtual Partners, this can be a tough decision. By cutting features and needs your price will invariably go down which leads me to the last critical factor. You should also consider battery life, because without a good battery your watch is nothing more than an overpriced paperweight.</div>
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Remember: having the latest and greatest equipment is cool, but you can save money by following the above advice. By understanding and weighing features with your actual needs you'll truly come up with the Best GPS Running Watch available specifically tailored to you. Good luck!</div>
Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-40621854340548823522012-05-18T02:58:00.000-07:002015-05-27T03:30:37.373-07:00The Feast of Twins<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> A friend passed along some info that, according to Pagan lore, today (May 18th) is know as the "Feast of Twins." And that, on this day, festivals honoring twins are held in the African republic of Nigeria, because the Yoruba people in particular, hold a wide belief that all twins are born with magical/supernatural powers.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=160164860836920968" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">While the birth rate of monozygotic (identical) twins is relatively constant worldwide (approximately 4 per 1000 births), the rate for dizygotic (fraternal) twins varies widely. The incidence of dizygotic twin births in much of Africa is significantly greater than in the United States, with the highest incidence among the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, with a frequency of 45 per 1000 births. In fact, the Yoruba town of Igboora boasts of a twin birth rate average of 150 per 1000 births, and is therefore considered the twin capital of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Again, I haven't been able to find any info just yet on an actual Feast of Twins day, but the birth of a particular set of twins is celebrated in Yorubaland, with the whole town having a feast when they are born to prominent members of the tribe. And, the Yorubas do hold twins in high regard... they believe that twins have the power to bring health and happiness to a family... although, they also have the power to bring distress and destruction. (Sounds about right :-p)</span><br />
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LOL, just thought I'd post a quick pic of the boys in their Halloween costumes. I've been wanting to do this since they were babies, because I think it's the ultimate twin costume: This is Kevin and Devin as the Grady twins from "The Shining." :-D</div>
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What did your twins dress up as? Feel free to post a link to your pic(s) in the comments! There's also a Halloween costume contest being hosted by our friends at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Twin Parenthood</b>, so you can go post them there, too!</div>
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P.S. If you have a moment, I'd love it if you voted for the girls in a couple of contest I've entered their picture in:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Children's Place</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>BuyCostumes</b>. And, if you vote for them, maybe they won't eat your soul... maybe :-p</div>
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Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-6571869736038309772011-08-23T03:13:00.000-07:002015-05-27T03:14:50.588-07:00Help Emily Find Her Voice!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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This is for one of those friends.</div>
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Jennifer (yes, another Jennifer :-p) has twin girls and, both are exceptionally sweet with beautiful smiles. However, one of them, Emily, also has many special needs. This is a fundraiser Jennifer has started in order to find a way to help Emily communicate, not only with her Mommy, but the rest of the world. You can read more below, but please consider giving even just a little to help out this amazing family!<br />
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<b>A note from Jennifer, Emily's Mommy:</b></div>
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<tr><td></td><td valign="TOP">My sweet Emily is special in many ways because she has cerebral palsy, cortical vision impairment (blind) and epilepsy. Many therapist and doctors have given up on her but we refuse. We need a way for her to communicate with us. I am wanting to raise money to buy an iPad that she can work with for communication. Her speech therapist is willing to work with her and her iPad but we need the equipment first. We are looking at an iPad2 for 599.00 and the app Proloquo2go which is 200.00, so we need to raise $800.00!</td></tr>
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Can you please give at least a dollar? We thank you and she does too!</div>
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Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-59922731548769000402010-05-27T03:52:00.000-07:002015-05-27T03:53:01.795-07:00What You Should Know About Identical Twins<div style="text-align: justify;">
Twins are two people who have shared the same womb at the same time. They may also have come from the same egg. Twin births are becoming more and more common due to several factors such as increasing use of fertility treatments, child births at an older age, and even genetic factors. Women who are slightly above-average in build are also likely to have multiple births or twins. Certain ethnic groups are also found to have a greater twin population. One in every 250 births in the world could be an identical twin birth.<br /><br />Identical twins are also known as monozygotic twins. They are from a single egg that forms a single zygote that splits into two embryos. Two fetuses emerge from the two embryos in the same womb. The exact reason for this splitting hasn’t been identified yet. Sometimes, identical twins also share the same amniotic fluid, making them monoamniotic. Otherwise, they are diamniotic. Twins sharing the same placenta are monochorionic. Those who don’t are dichorionic. This happens only in the case of identical twins. All monoamniotic twins are also monochorionic. This depends on the stage at which the zygote divides. Twinning at the earliest stages would result in diamniotic and dichorionic twins. Twinning that occurs four to eight days after fertilization and eight to twelve days after fertilization results in monochorionic-diamniotic and monochorionic-monoamniotic, respectively. Twinning twelve days post-fertilization may result in conjoined twins. Conjoined twins are attached to each other at some place. They may be more dependent on each other physically. </div>
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<br />Since identical twins share the same sac, amniotic fluid, and placenta, there could be some complications in pregnancy. These could be a result of the entanglement of the umbilical cords or twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome because of the shared placenta. This may cause one or both the babies to be underdeveloped. <br /><br />Identical twins are generally of the same sex. They have identical DNA and shared genes. They may be very similar to each other, almost like mirror images. Some twins can be told apart only by their fingerprints, teeth, handwriting, or any other intricate observations. However, they have individually different personalities and character traits. Twins are generally emotionally attached to each other and are also believed to live longer because of this attachment. Some people even believe that identical twins have their own language through which only the two of them can communicate. Some identical twins are also mirror twins—they are exact mirror images of each other. About one-fourth of all identical twins are mirror twins. Sometimes, one mirror twin may have a condition where some or all the internal body organs will be on the opposite side of the body. However, these are considered to be birth defects and are extremely rare.<br /></div>
Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-52816137327946652012010-04-30T03:50:00.000-07:002015-05-27T03:51:13.088-07:00What To Expect From A Twin Pregnancy:<div style="text-align: justify;">
magine wishing and trying for one baby and ending up with two! Statistics show that there has been an increase in twin pregnancy the past few years and this short guide should answer any questions you have to giving birth to multiples!<br /><br /><b>How do twins begin?</b><br />There are two kinds of twins: identical twins and fraternal twins. In the case of identical twins, the egg is fertilized and then splits into two cells. Each cell carries identical DNA and so both children will look exactly the same with only slight differences such as height or birthmarks. Fraternal twins are not identical. Instead of having one egg that splits into two, there are two eggs that are fertilized by two different sperm at the same time so they could be of two different sexes with different physical characteristics.<br /><br /><b>Early signs of twin pregnancy</b><br />An early sign of twin pregnancy is excessive morning sickness and extreme fatigue. Morning sickness is common with all pregnant mothers but those who are giving birth to multiples tend to experience more morning sickness than usual. Exhaustion is another early sign of twin pregnancy. Again, it is not uncommon for pregnant women to be more tired than usual but those who are having twins tend to undergo enhanced exhaustion. Twins are hereditary and so if you are feeling excessively tired, are often nauseous and twins run in your family, you very well could be giving birth to multiples!<br /><br /><b>Twin pregnancy facts</b><br />With twins, you’ll have to prepare for double the trouble! This means you will probably be gaining more weight than with a single pregnancy. Due to this extra weight, a pregnancy with twins can often be more uncomfortable – severe exhaustion, stronger backaches and headaches, etc. So get plenty of sleep and rest. Try a pregnancy massage, a great stress reliever to those giving birth to multiples. Also be prepared for a possible c-section, as with multiples this is the more common way of giving birth. Because a twin pregnancy is considered a high risk pregnancy, you will probably need to consult your obstetrician more often than if you were having a regular pregnancy. Do not be fazed as this is quite common with twins.<br /><br />Having a twin pregnancy is most certainly a mixed blessing. Whilst having two children is an amazing experience, the pregnancy itself can be tough so make sure to take care of yourself.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You roll your eyes when you see two parents struggling with one baby. (Again, sorry!)</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You use the term, "singleton."</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You buy 352 diapers at a time and when someone comments that you are stocking up, you laugh and say you'll see them in a week!</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You get annoyed when a store sells onesies/underwear/whatever in packs of 3 or 5.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You find a great outfit on clearance, but don't buy it, because there's only one.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You worry about dressing your kids equally cute... you wouldn't want one to look cuter than the other.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You have to use the handicap bathroom, just to fit everyone in the stall.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You don't have to clean the shower, because it hasn't been used.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">However, your washer and dryer are ALWAYS running.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You are now ambidextrous.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You can hold two babies and pee at the same time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You do so much with you feet and toes now (open doors, pick up toys, tickle babies) that the guy on "My Left Foot" doesn't seem as impressive anymore.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You have more than enough babies for everyone to hold, so no one fights over them.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">You realize that if it had been triplets, you'd be dead by now...</span>Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160164860836920968.post-19929764115325104962009-02-23T03:10:00.000-08:002015-05-27T03:11:33.844-07:00Digital Babies...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">It's funny how I'll come across an article that is so in tune with whatever might be happening in my life right now. Just last night, I moved the girl' computer into the living room. I know... when my sister told me that my nephew Bowen had his own computer, when he was still a little baby, I thought it was crazy :-p But, then you find your views on a lot of things change once you actually become a parent :-)</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Anyway, we always seem to have a ton of computers in the house, of various ages and conditions :-p And the girls have had their own computer in their room for awhile now... ever since they won their first little Baby Computer game system in that Baby Photo contest on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>MommyAuctions<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>:-) And then my Mom gave them a whole new, more advanced one, for Christmas. So, they like to go in there a lot and play with it. But, I wanted to move it out here for a few reasons....</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">For one, with it being back in their room, it's harder to keep an eye on what they're doing/how long they're doing it. They're pretty good with no supervision... they know how to work everything (they're full-fledged computer geeks :-p), they take plenty of breaks and play with plenty of other things besides the computer... but, I just liked the idea of having it out here better. It's actually back-to-back with my computer here... and they even seem to like it out here, better. Plus, it'll be easier to hook up to the internet. Right now they've just been playing the computer game that my Mom bought them on that computer, but they constantly want to get on my computer, because they also love the games at</span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120121053559/http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=10&e=gamesLanding&mcat=game_infant,game_toddler,game_preschool&site=us" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #888855; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="T">FisherPrice.com</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120121053559/http://www.pbskids.org/read/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #888855; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="T">PBS.com</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">... so, I want them to be able to do that on their own computer from now on, instead of hogging mine all the time :-p<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Plus, I want to let my stepson, Ryan, get on at least here and there since he has done a pretty good job at bringing up his grades (although I still can't get him to get a job!)... but, even though he is getting ready to turn 18, I also feel better knowing that he'll be surfing out here, instead of his room... even if I'm not looking over his shoulder every minute, he'll at least know that I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">could</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at anytime :-p</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">So, today I was doing my usual surfing and, came across<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120121053559/http://www.babble.com/How-preschoolers-use-the-internet-and-how-to-keep-them-safe-online-Camille-Sweeney-The-Littlest-Surfers/index3.aspx" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #888855; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="T">this article.</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It's a pretty cool article... I agree with pretty much everything in there. I'm not super-strict with how long they spend on the computer, because they spend plenty of time off of it, all on their own. Although, I am still looking forward to them starting preschool.... or even just warmer weather so I can get them outside more often. We probably do watch too much TV/spend too much time on the computer, but when it's freezing outside and we have no car (we only have one vehicle and Dave takes that to work), you do what you can to keep from going crazy :-p Although, even though both the computer and TV are on, neither one of them is paying attention to either of those things.... Josie is drawing on her DoodlePro and Anna is apparently having some kind of race with her dolls (she keeps running back and forth with them :-p)...</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Maybe now I can go turn the cartoons off and put something a little more grown-up on (although I think I have to move their computer a bit... now it's blocking my view of the TV :-p)</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0500001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.6800003051758px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">P.S. I almost forgot... I have a cuteness report to add to this :-p Right after Dave walked out the door this morning, Anna was on the computer and she was yelling, what I thought was, "Are you OK? Are you OK?" And it looked like she might be looking in Josie's direction, since Josie had come around to my side of the desk... but, when I went over there, I realized Anna was pressing the letter K on her baby keyboard, trying to get it to come up on the screen, but it wasn't working because she was in the draw program and apparently you can't type in there. So, I finally realized she was yelling at the keyboard: "Are you a K? Are you a K?" :-p</span>Manboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960454850039846442noreply@blogger.com