Friday, December 11, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Minnesota Bound
Hi all,
Raising twins is hard. Raising twins with two full time jobs is harder. Raising twins with two full time jobs and no family in the immediate vicinity is hardest. This summer, Andrew and I had a conversation about where we needed to be for the next 18 years for the boys and our own sanity, and decided to start looking for jobs around Philadelphia and the Twin Cities (do you capitalize this? I guess I'll find out soon enough). Really it was just me looking for jobs- Andrew is awesome enough and IT universal enough that he can find great jobs pretty much anywhere. My kind of job- managing adult programming at botanical gardens- comes up once in a blue moon. So when the position of adult education program manager came up at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in the late summer/early fall, I applied as fast as I could after I got over my initial shock. This was literally the only job I could have imagined applying for in Minnesota, whereas Philly has dozens of gardens. We figured I wouldn't get the job, and we could close the Minnesota option and focus on Philly. But they brought me in for an interview, and I was hooked. What. an. awesome. place! The education team there is fantastic, and they have some really ambitious goals for their adult programming- I love my current job, but I could tell I would love this one at least as much. And I could tell they felt I was a good fit. Equivalent of winning the lottery, at least in my world.
But who knew this would happen so quickly? We figured it would take years to get closer to family again, but here we go in just a few months. My dad is from Minnesota, and his siblings as well as some of my cousins live in the area. My brother and sister in law are there, and my sister and brother in law are just a few hours away. My parents want to retire/move there very soon as well. We hate to leave behind friends and family in Philly and Maryland, but it's just what we have to do for family and sanity. We'll definitely be visiting the east coast, and I think I can make Minnesota sound exciting enough for any of you to visit us as well:-). So that's why I've been a bit distracted from the blog of late.
Raising twins is hard. Raising twins with two full time jobs is harder. Raising twins with two full time jobs and no family in the immediate vicinity is hardest. This summer, Andrew and I had a conversation about where we needed to be for the next 18 years for the boys and our own sanity, and decided to start looking for jobs around Philadelphia and the Twin Cities (do you capitalize this? I guess I'll find out soon enough). Really it was just me looking for jobs- Andrew is awesome enough and IT universal enough that he can find great jobs pretty much anywhere. My kind of job- managing adult programming at botanical gardens- comes up once in a blue moon. So when the position of adult education program manager came up at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in the late summer/early fall, I applied as fast as I could after I got over my initial shock. This was literally the only job I could have imagined applying for in Minnesota, whereas Philly has dozens of gardens. We figured I wouldn't get the job, and we could close the Minnesota option and focus on Philly. But they brought me in for an interview, and I was hooked. What. an. awesome. place! The education team there is fantastic, and they have some really ambitious goals for their adult programming- I love my current job, but I could tell I would love this one at least as much. And I could tell they felt I was a good fit. Equivalent of winning the lottery, at least in my world.
But who knew this would happen so quickly? We figured it would take years to get closer to family again, but here we go in just a few months. My dad is from Minnesota, and his siblings as well as some of my cousins live in the area. My brother and sister in law are there, and my sister and brother in law are just a few hours away. My parents want to retire/move there very soon as well. We hate to leave behind friends and family in Philly and Maryland, but it's just what we have to do for family and sanity. We'll definitely be visiting the east coast, and I think I can make Minnesota sound exciting enough for any of you to visit us as well:-). So that's why I've been a bit distracted from the blog of late.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Organization.
Just your average Sunday night, organizing your children into color-coordinated boxes.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Words
I create posts on the basis of when pictures have been taken... you can tell when we're lapsing by the dearth of posts. I need to have a picture taking meeting with Andrew and Sarah.
So... this week. Pretty typical. Can I think of anything interesting that has happened? The boys are continuing to talk and gesture more, which is fun. My favorite is their garbled conversations with each other and their toys. They're also pretty deft at copying words and phrases we say. Some of this might be a repeat, but here's what they've been saying lately:
Micah:
So... this week. Pretty typical. Can I think of anything interesting that has happened? The boys are continuing to talk and gesture more, which is fun. My favorite is their garbled conversations with each other and their toys. They're also pretty deft at copying words and phrases we say. Some of this might be a repeat, but here's what they've been saying lately:
Micah:
- Doot Doot (what does a truck say)
- Ah Oooo (uh oh or no no)
- DahdII (daddy) Mamam (mom)
- Kak (quack) and EEP (cheep/what a bird says)
- Oooouuu (meow)
- Gitgat (kitty cat)
- Eeeeeeee (singing)
Phineas:
- Lerdle lerdle lerdle (no idea)
- Dah (dad) and Mamam (mom)
- Hallow (hello)
- Gat (cat)
- Mouuu (meow)
- Bit and Donk (bitte and danke)
- Chee yeg (cheesy eggs)
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