This is why. “I think one of the best things about this book is that it reminds a new or expecting mom of multiples that she’s not alone. That the feelings and thoughts and experiences are normal and others have been there, done that. The stories are full of humor and hope and perspective. There’s…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it makes sense that we should give our kids a balanced, nutritious meal, right? However, I admit, there are days I take the easy route in the mornings, and my children eat Cheerios for breakfast. I tell myself it’s okay because it’s multigrain and eaten…
I am constantly searching for ways to incorporate more fruit and vegetables into my children’s diets. Looking at what I had available in my refrigerator one weekend, I was inspired to create these carrot-apple muffins. I was a little worried that the carrot might be too strong (and be detected by my boys), but fortunately, they…
“What do think she’ll want to play with?” My sister’s reply to my clueless text message was as unhelpful as I was ignorant to what 4 year old girls play with. I have 3 boys and a 14 month old daughter. She plays with their cars, trucks, blocks and superhero figurines. We don’t own any…
The beauty of cooking and baking is that occasionally, you get lucky, and create something divine purely by accident. I was trying out a snickerdoodle muffin recipe that I stumbled across on Pinterest, and realized that I was missing several key ingredients. At this point, I was already emotionally invested in eating a snickerdoodle muffin,…
We have been receiving some wonderful submissions for our upcoming anthology Multiples Illuminated: A Collection of Stories and Advice from Parents with Twins, Triplets and More, and we’re so excited that this book is coming together.
Six years ago, I nearly killed my sister. With a carrot muffin. It was our first attempt at baking a muffin. We followed the recipe word for word, measurement for measurement. The batter didn’t look quite right (“Is it supposed to look like…. cookie batter?”), but we pushed on.
Multiples Illuminated is a labor of love, and we can testify to the fact that designing a book cover for the first time is definitely labor! We wanted a cover that stood out in the sea of books on parenting and multiples (babies on the cover, anyone?). We wanted a cover that told you straight away…