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This week I'd like to highlight some of the bloggers in our network who write about parenting twins, triplets, quadruplets or quintuplets. I looked at over 100 blogs by parents of twins and more. By the end of the day it was like complete overload! In fact I kept thinking of the Rules of Cuteness, like "A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always cute." My new rule: a small child, accompanied by one or more siblings of the same age, is always cute!
Saia and Chago's mom Jo Anna blogged recently about her twins' growing independence. Six years old and Chago's already asking for the car keys while his twin sister plummeted off the high dive for the first time without hesitation! She writes beautifully about the transcendental weirdness of getting tattooed in for the love of ink - or maybe pain - but probably both, a nice thoughtful interlude about herself and life in general in the middle of thoughts on parenting and photos of cute kids. If you like fantastic, thoughtful writing, take a look at this great blog. The kids have their own videoblog, The Saia and Chago Show.
Jac from The Tubre Quads blogged her childrens' birthday - celebrating their lives with stories and lots of photos of "the cupcakes". She writes frankly about how challenging it can be to keep up with four two year olds. Just three years ago she was "a 21 year old newly married chick in college" and then… quadruplets! I enjoyed reading her blog and how she always comes back to a positive philosophy:
They have helped me grow leaps and bounds in my faith. They bring out the best in me and they bring out the worst in me. They make me a better person by bringing out the worst, so I can grow and work toward maintaining the best in me all the time.
Heather from The Cox Quads cracked me up with her sarcastic thumbs up for the dorky but necessary quad stroller! She documented their latest shoe shopping trip. Every post of Heather's made me laugh. Check out this one where she thinks "Holy crap, I have four babies!" for the millionth time and then photographs their all their little feet poking out from under the table. Cute and hilarious!
And here's a few more:
* Nonlinear Girl, mom of four month old twins, claims that it does get easier.
* The Twincredible Twosome goes to preschool - a LEAP school for kids on the autism spectrum and neurotypical children to learn together.
* Lani from Triplets: Who Knew? w went back to work at her job in catering and bartending at a resort. She's looking into hiring an au pair!
* Casey and the Quilao Triplets hanging out with their friends Gen and the McNulty Quads. I noticed lots of parents of multiples and twins hanging out together and imagine that it must be a different pace of life and thus particularly easy to be with other families of multiples! It's so cute that they had a play date and then went home and blogged it all up with a million photos!
It was especially noticeable and touching in all the blogs I read this weekend that the blogging moms and dads depend on their family, extended family, friends, and community to help out. On trips, playdates, special events, and for extra care and respite -- as well as just plain getting all the stuff that many babies can use -- all these bloggers' communities came through for them. Their blogs are like a celebration not just of their cute kids but of community interdependence.
I hope you enjoy this little window into the rambunctious world of blogging twins, triplets, and quadruplets!!
