Mimi on September 18th, 2008

The other night, the twins were playing pretend.
Twin2: ‘Bang, jom main Batman Spiderman. (Big Brother, come let’s play ‘Batman Spiderman’.)
Twin1: Okay!
They then turned away from each other (one of them even hiding behind the sofa), each pretending to put on what I assumed was their Batman and Spiderman costumes.
They then faced each other…and started pummeling [...]

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Mimi on September 12th, 2008

The other night, Twin2 was standing in front of a full-length mirror, grinning impishly as he looked at himself in the mirror.
He’d exhale and push his tummy outwards and say, “BIIIG tummy!”
He’d then inhale and attempt to make his tummy as small as possible while saying, “Small tummy.”
He did this several times, laughing at himself. [...]

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Mimi on September 8th, 2008

When I was pregnant with the twins, I started getting premature contractions sometime around the 24th or 26th week of pregnancy. Upon the doctor’s recommendation and after discussing things over with DH, I decided to stop working so that I could rest at home.
After giving birth to the twins, I also took a year off [...]

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Mimi on September 3rd, 2008

The twins have a new obsession — Little Einsteins. Day and night, they’d ask for it. And failure to get their daily dose of Little Einsteins often lead to crying bouts and temper tantrums.
For those who don’t have kids and have no idea who or what I’m talking about, Little Einsteins is an animated television [...]

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Mimi on August 29th, 2008

The other day, Twin1 managed to get his hands on one small syringe (without a needle, of course) that we use for giving him and his siblings their medicine.
Holding the syringe between his chubby little fingers, he gleefully turned to me and said, “Mama pegang Adik. Abang nak bagi Adik ubat.” (Mama, please hold Little [...]

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