The Sparveys » playground http://www.sparveys.com instant family: just add twins Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:27:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 What Happened? http://www.sparveys.com/2010/04/04/what-happened/ http://www.sparveys.com/2010/04/04/what-happened/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:51:35 +0000 rachel http://www.sparveys.com/?p=1882 Matt and I did not intend to allow sparveys.com to grow dormant, but it just seemed to happen. We were talking tonight about how we can’t possibly be more tired now than we were during the first year, so why is it that we could find time and energy then but we can’t now? Part of it is that the newness of being a family of four has worn off a bit, and with it the compulsion to blog. Another part is that the longer we have gone without posting, the more we’ve felt that to start up again we must create some sort of epic post that sums up all of the last 4-5 months in a way that is funny, insightful, and poignant.

Well, that’s not going to happen, so I’m just going to launch in again with a minor post and hope that I can manage to do that sort of thing with moderate regularity. I hope that those who are interested in such occasional updates will still check in every so often!

Just over a year ago Matt and I took the twins to the playground for the first time. It was a day that stands out in my memory as a particularly enjoyable one during the rough early months. It is also astounding to us that it was just a year ago — it feels like an eternity has passed. And who can blame us for feeling that way, when you look at how far Julian and Eloise have come in that time.

Then:

Now:

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]]> http://www.sparveys.com/2009/03/30/805/feed/ 3 To The Playground! http://www.sparveys.com/2009/03/18/to-the-playground/ http://www.sparveys.com/2009/03/18/to-the-playground/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:24:10 +0000 matt http://www.sparveys.com/?p=753 Julian and Eloise took their first trip to a playground this morning! We had a great time at Humboldt Park on the East Side. The twins played on the swings, slid down the slides, and generally didn’t scream for about an hour. It was awesome.

Everyone's At The Playground! (by mharvey75)
Ride 'Em (by mharvey75)
Swinging Twins (by mharvey75)

Looky! A movie!

Check out all the pictures from our fun outing!

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