My ‘lose weight/build muscle mass/become stranded blocks away from home because there is no way I’ll be able to push this mother up any steep hills in my current shoddy shape’ apparatus arrived. The stroller. Check it.
I should have positioned a quarter beside this monster to give you an accurate representation of its size. Suffice it to say, those bozos who gawked at me wearing a baby in a wrap/sling/björn? They’ll stumble over their own dropped jaw and slip in their gooey popped out eyeballs when they see me coming with the baby limo.
I dragged my heels forever trying to choose the ideal stroller to keep everyone happy. One quick stroll around the block yesterday afternoon - no complaints from the rat pack.
My only complaint thus far - it pulls to the right - hard. Maybe everyone had their weight shifted towards the right side. Maybe I need to fiddle with the wheels. I whipped the stroller together in a few minutes without paying much attention to the instructions.
We’re off shortly for the twins’ 4-month check-up where I’m guaranteed to hear:
- “Are they identical?” after I’ve just said one’s a boy and the other’s a girl. Oh, and nevermind the ebony and ivory-ness. Think, look, and compute before you speak, people!
- “We know who got all the food!” and “Leave some for your sister.” - Trust me. They are both little piglets at the milk trough.
- “Ohmygod, twins! I.AM.SO.SORRY.” - Did you break something of mine? Back into my car in the parking lot? You farted?
9 responses so far ↓
Kelly O // May 7, 2008 at 12:12 pm
What a bunch of cuties!
The people who say “Twins? Sorry!” can kiss my twin ass. Effing effers.
XUP // May 7, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I say strap a team of mules to that buckboard, load the whole damn family on board,stand on the back with your bull whip and really give the neighbours something to talk about.
mightiadd // May 7, 2008 at 5:12 pm
How cool is that! I just saw someone pushing a stroller the other day where the kids could see each other. I must have been living under a rock, but I hadn’t ever seen one of those before. I was all googly-eyed, not even looking at their babies, and I wanted to go up to them to ask about it, but I got distracted by my husband, and they were gone.
Tell me people don’t really say that about twins. I hope you really say something like “Oh, was that you who just farted? Well, thanks for apologizing.” and give them a really strange look as you walk away. People should be ashamed of themselves. Really!
Grandy // May 7, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Oh…it only gets better with the questions, toots. Sounds like you need an alignment on that thing for sure. I was going to ask if it had power steering.
Likin the print thingys in the pic box thingys. I never know if or when my pic will go in. Sometimes it remembers I’m logged in and sometimes it doesn’t.
onthecurb // May 8, 2008 at 7:38 am
I forget Grandy and Kelly are twins (well, not with each other). Yeh, the whole apologizing bit is grating. It increases ten-fold when they learn I have two more kids. I’ve exceeded the accepted 2.5 children in the household. Big, crazy child-bearin’ ho that I am.
The stroller…XUP, great suggestion. Attention getter AND eco-friendly.
mightiadd: The twin/triple stroller options are endless. I even contemplated one double stroller that had an add-on where Gab would be perched up above the twins…like freakin’ Cleopatra.
I tend to over-research and paralyze myself with all the possibilities. I finally had to give in and go with this one, hoping they’ll have plenty of room to grow with it. I’ll get on that alignment, Grandy.
Oh, yeh. Cool new wordpress feature with the avatars. I changed you guys to monsters this morning. Just curious to see how your individual demons appear.
wrekehavoc // May 8, 2008 at 12:02 pm
damn, girl. is that thing registered as a weapon of mass destruction?
::ducking before i get run over::
Grandy // May 8, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Funny…I turned me into a monster this morning too.
nylonthread // May 14, 2008 at 7:24 am
That’s an impressive set up! Princess Gab looks delighted.
Regarding the alignment, I’d maybe check with a local bike store if you have trouble aligning on your own. I have a jogging stroller (that I rollerblade with, I don’t jog [I SPRINT for teh busez!]) and I keep kicking myself everytime I take it out b/c I’m killing my arm correcting it every several feet. Haven’t dragged it out this season as I’m afraid to see that Dash is too long for it now. Snf. My big guy.
Sticky Bun // May 15, 2008 at 5:24 am
Omg, I get the ‘are they identical: all the time. Nevermind they are a boy and a girl, or that they look NOTHING alike! ridiculous. I also always get, ‘a boy and a girl? You’re done!’ I had no idea the only reason to have more than one child was only to get at least one of each and then stop…
Also, thanks for the twin feeding tips on my blog! if you have any other great twin tips, please share! I could use all the help I can get.
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