The Twin Mystique
Rose Bianchini is pregnant with twins It seems hard to believe I am so close to the end of my pregnancy, but the idea of being able to bend down and see my feet again is exciting. I wrapped up my final...
View ArticleCatching Up With a New Mom of Twins
Rose Bianchini just had twins It’s been a little while since we’ve had some great DIY ideas from Rose Bianchini, but we can hardly blame her — woman just had twins! In late December, Rose and Jason...
View ArticleTwo Months With Two Newborn Babies
Rose Bianchini just had twins Emmett Holden van Horne and Simon Clark van Horne have arrived! Other parents warned us our lives will be forever altered, but I never understood what that meant till now....
View ArticleBeing Parent Enough
Rose Bianchini shares her adventures as the mom of twin boys It has been seven months and counting of being a mother of identical twin boys. When I started this column about DIY nesting, before Emmett...
View ArticleIt’s a Cool, Cool Summer
Rose Bianchini shares her adventures as the mom of twin boys It has been a hot, muggy summer. Much like the plight that Bananarama sang about in “Cruel, Cruel Summer”, we are stuck in the city while...
View ArticleEmmet and Simon’s Music Video
How to capture those precious early years? With a custom music video, natch My family has completed our very first creative collaboration — and it’s a dance video! My children inspire, delight and blow...
View ArticleBoys Wear Camouflage, Girls Wear Tutus
Rose Bianchini wonders what’s up with uber-gendered clothing When you have twins you welcome all hand-me-downs. Clothes, toys, bouncy chairs and cribs all help curb the big costs of two babies that are...
View ArticleBaby Book Club: Simon and Emmett’s Reading Rainbow
Rose Bianchini is sharing her love of books with her twins Like many writers books mean a lot to me. I spent many summer days during my youth lying on my bed with the latest Judy Blume, Sweet Valley...
View ArticleYour Top Ten Questions About Twins – Answered.
Twins fascinate people. Perhaps we are all intrigued and envious of their special bond. Full disclosure: when I was a child I wanted to be a twin because I thought it meant a guaranteed best friend for...
View ArticleKids Need to Make Art: Simon & Emmett’s 1st Art Project
Many of my earlier posts have been about living a creative life. To our family this is more than just upcycling furniture and making crafts (although we do all that too). Living creatively, for us,...
View ArticleCan A Working Mom Still be Uber-Mom?
As a mom of toddler twins, there are times I’ve cleaned blueberries off the floor, been covered in poo, had a crying child clinging to me while the other begged to be held, and had wet, soapy children...
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