Second of all, I'd like to recommend that you never begin watching a DVD'd series like 24 if you have any thoughts of working evenings for the coming week. Though it's highly recommended for those suffering from a severe allergy attack and unable to locate their adrenaline shot.
Third of all, I'd like to recommend cooking with wee ones as soon as they express an interest in it:
But if you have twins, do keep an eye on the one who's not cutting; look over your shoulder every once in a while and be sure that (s)he hasn't got up and into the hintercorners, where you store the "special" things...Fourthly, and if you're thinking of following the third of my recommendations (see above), I recommend very highly the cook book that Aunt Ellen gave the boys for their 3rd birthday, Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes. (If you click on that link, you'll get one mother's opinion of the book. If you want to compare prices online, you can go to epinions.com).
Fifthly, if you're king, I recommend you find yourself a worthy queen. And that you play Lavender Blue at your wedding ceremony. Which I recommend you hold on the first Sunday of the month of January, of course!
Sixthly, it has come to our attention - thanks to a small child at the Rheinschneck café and park in Kehl, Germany - that if you are lacking snow, you can always make gravel angels.
And seventhly (?!), we recommend very highly that you listen to your inner voice, and that even if your small children LOVE dinosaurs and BEG you to let them watch the hidden Jurassic Park DVD they've unearthed (hidden because you wanted to screen it before you decided what age you were waiting for the little ones to reach before you let them watch it )... well... you see what I mean. After having watched Jurassic Park, Leo and Tomi actually asked with serious, searching eyes if they could please watch a movie WITHOUT "bad boys." It seems they've come to the conclusion that the butler (Aristocats), the tortoise (La Prophecie des Grenouilles), the dog catcher (Lady and the Tramp) and even Malificent (Sleeping Beauty) pale in comparison with a tyrannosaurus or a couple of velociraptors. Actually, I'd agree with that assessment. Except, perhaps, in the case of Malificent. Still, though: she was only an animation. Velociraptors are REAL! RUN!
But back to the fifth, above: here's hoping Barb and Larry had a lovely, loving wedding anniversary together! (& if you're wondering why said fifth makes me think of their thirty-eighth on the fourth, I'm sure Barb & Larry will be happy to answer any queries.)
