I am recording this for posterity.
At 2 years and 3 months, the twins can:

identify the major colours;
identify common animals and some of the not-so-common ones, like the flamingo;
identify fruits;
identify shapes and state the shape of objects;
understand the concept of numbers and counting;
count up to 10 in English, Malay, Spanish and Arabic;
count objects;
have a vocabulary that […]

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Mimi on March 13th, 2008

Perhaps you’re wondering what it’s like to travel with 5 kids. To put it mildly? STRESSFUL!!!

The packing alone is daunting. I always try to minimize the amount of luggage that we have to take along but, at the same time, I learned the hard way from past trips that it’s safer […]

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Mimi on February 25th, 2008

The twins achieved a major milestone today — they didn’t cry at all when I sent them to playschool this morning, on my way to the airport. Normally, they’d cry and scream and cling at whatever part of my (or DH’s) clothing they can hold on to, something that they don’t do when other […]

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Mimi on February 18th, 2008

The worst thing that working mothers all over the world probably ever have to deal with is guilt.

Guilt for being in the middle of a make-or-break meeting, when your son’s kindergarten teacher calls up to say he fell off the monkey bars. ..
Guilt when you come home after a long meeting at the lawyer’s office […]

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