Weirdly accurate

My Personality

Neuroticism	63
Extraversion	29
Openness to Experience	41
Agreeableness	60
Conscientiousness	76

You are poised, confident, and clear-thinking when stressed, however you are sensitive about what others think of you. Your concern about rejection and ridicule cause you to feel shy and uncomfortable around others. You are easily embarrassed and often feel ashamed. Your fears that others will criticize or make fun of you are exaggerated and unrealistic, but your awkwardness and discomfort may make these fears a self-fulfilling prophecy. People generally perceive you as distant and reserved, and you do not usually reach out to others. You prefer familiar routines and for things to stay the same. You can tend to feel uncomfortable with change. You are tenderhearted and compassionate, feeling the pain of others vicariously and are easily moved to pity, however you feel superior to those around you and sometimes tend to be seen as arrogant by other people. You have a strong sense of duty and obligation, and feel a moral obligation to do the right thing.

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My kids like crap

Claire and Delaney have a new love: Go-gurt. They're basically sugar in yogurt form in a tube. Kevin likes them, but the girls can slam down a go-gurt in less than 2 minutes. I have visions of college and beer bongs when I see them do that.

Kevin's love is Culver's cheese curds. We ate there occasionally when it first opened here a couple years ago, but ever since Kevin decided he had a say in where we ate, it's been "I want to go to 'Tul-vers'". Problem is, the darn things are delicious! They're yummy little bombs of calories, fat, and cholesterol and, combined with a chocolate malt, should require a note from your cardiologist before you eat them.

On the plus side, I made a casserole for supper that was primarily brown rice, veggies, mushrooms, and boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I just wish lima beans were as attractive as cheese curds!

Silly babies

We've been having a lot of talks about attitude with Kevin lately. Last Tuesday, he was apparently giving quite a bit of attitude to Mrs. V at preschool. It sounded like "NO!" was the response of the day. I hated to tell her, "Welcome to my world." He was coached into an apology and had a better day Thursday so I'm hoping it was just a very short-lived phase. Mrs. V's comment was that sometimes "he's too C-U-T-E for his own good!" I think she's right about that.

This morning was a good example. I came back from my walk and he looks at me and says, "I bet you're really thirsty. I'll get you a drink of water!" I'm thinking, "awww, how sweet". He goes to the fridge, fills up a glass, hands it to me and, with those big pleading blue eyes, says, "I sure am thirsty too." Guess who got the first drink of water;)

Not to be left out of the cuteness, Claire and Delaney were little bundles of energy right before bed. Claire was demonstrating her superior balance skills by standing on the arm of the couch, the ottoman, the back of the couch, and giggling all the while. I swear I heard her say the word "giggle".

Delaney's trick was spinning. Picture a kid rolling down a hill. Now put that kid standing upright on the couch and rolling along the back. She had her head tipped back, laughing like crazy, back and forth across the couch until she couldn't stand up anymore. Fun fun fun.

Cute, cute stuff!

Twirly dresses and ponchos! It's not as if the kids need more clothes- they're certainly not in danger of going naked!- but it's just fun dressing two little girls. I found these two sites through The Opinionated Parent blog. Unfortunately, we (meaning probably me) lost Bob's credit card at the mall this morning and it'll be a week before we get a replacement:/

Yay!

I'm ridiculously excited:) I just bought tickets for Kevin and I to go to Backyardigans Live. I took him to Diego Live last fall in Des Moines and he just loved it so when he saw the advertisements for "Backyards", as he calls them, he'd say "I want to go to THAT!" Unfortunately, the closest shows were in Sioux Falls or Minneapolis...or so I thought. As I was getting him onto the noggin website tonight, I happened to click on the Backyardigans Live link to see if they'd added any dates closer to us and, lo and behold, they added two shows in Cedar Falls. I think it'll be a fun time!

ETA: I just bought an extra ticket for Bob in hopes that he's not on call. If he is, maybe we'll take one of Kevin's little pre-school friends.

What I love about twins

I love that I can leave two little girls dressed in footie pajamas- zipped, snapped, the whole 9 yards- in the living room while I go look up a recipe and come back to find two little girls clad in only their diapers. Since they're happy as two little pigs in a puddle, I'll just leave them alone:)

I also love that twins are a good excuse for having two little girls in their PJs at 4:45 in the afternoon.

Uh OH!

When you're outnumbered, even at just three to two, it's good to have kids that can police them a little.

Yesterday, Bob and I were putting laudry away in the kids' rooms when Delaney zooms in saying, "Uh-oh, UH-oh, UH-OH!". We follow her back across the house through our bedroom and into our bathroom, the whole time hearing "Uh-oh, UH-oh, UH-OH!" Apparently she turned the water on in the tub and couldn't get it shut off! She was so serious- pointing and "uh-oh-ing"- that it seemed like she thought for sure she was in deep trouble.

No harm was done since she came and got us right away. The new handles are easy to turn, but the spout is on the opposite side of the tub and, unless she'd actually been in the tub, she couldn't reach the water. I think we're pretty safe because neither Delany nor Claire is a big fan of the tub since I let them try it out. When I turned on the bubbles for the first time, it scared them and they couldn't get out fast enough. They eventually got back in, but the bubbles, even for Kevin, are a no go.