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Twins by the numbers

October 9, 2008 in Da Fam., Katie, Patrick with 6 Comments

Went for a visit to our new pediatrician. Dr. Guerrero is very friendly, has a great demeanor with the kids and is full of sage advice. He inspected the twins, each got three shots and we learned of their current stats. At near 17 months:

Katie – 21lbs, 7oz., 30.75″, 15% weight, 30% height

Katherine running around under Cloud Gate in Millenium Park, Chicago.

Patrick – 25lbs, 2oz., 32.5″, 50% weight, 75% height

Patrick checks out the gaming action on vacation in Galena, IL.

NTR (non-twin related): Gas is $2.76 / gallon in Austin Woah!

A look into a typical night at the Doyle household.

September 1, 2008 in Austin, Texas, Da Fam., Da wife., Day in the life., Katie, Patrick, Twins! with 6 Comments

Food and fits and laughter and shenanigans and bath time – every night is chaos from 5:30-8. We spend most of our time feeding, cleaning and entertaining Katie and Patrick. Exhausting, but quite fun.

Click below to see some grainy iPhone images in their full, um, glory. The camera on that thing is nowhere near as good as my old Sony Ericsson.

Just a taste for all you northerners – the real deal will be in front of you very soon. We’re all looking forward to it.

One banana, two banana, three banana four

August 22, 2008 in Found FUN with 5 Comments

Remember the Banana Splits?

Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork were on Channel 32 at lunchtime when I was a kid. I loved that show – those crazy characters driving around really cool amphibious 6-wheel buggies and having fun (apparently in Cincinnati, of all places). Bingo was definitely my favorite.

As the parents who read this blog can attest, you often find yourself making up songs or singing whacky ones just to entertain the kids. The Banana Splits theme is no exception.

When we sing it, PJ straddles my legs closest to my torso, and Katie climbs on behind him. We hop a bit during the lines that I make up, but when we get to the refrain, it’s a generous amount of swinging back and forth. Today Katie even repeated “Tra la la la la la”.

I like to think the kids love the Banana Splits shenanigans more than anything, but a close second is the horse-ride-inspired “Bonanza” theme song. PJ is definitely a little Hoss.

Need to get this stuff on video. Say, what crazy songs do you sing to kids? Got a favorite Banana Split?

Happy Friday, y’all.

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