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The twins are almost two, a fact that I hope I don’t need to contextualize by bitching about how annoying almost-two-year-olds are, and how this is compounded beyond rational explanation when dealing with TWO almost-two-year-olds. so I just go blank when people ask probing questions about the specific difficulties inherent to parenting three children who can’t wipe their own asses. Well fuck, I’ve been trying to think and to express myself more positively so my kids don’t grow into negative nancies like their mother, and based on the above you can probably guess how well that’s going. If Seattleites were lizard people who could soak up and then store the glory of Seattle summer to tap into during the unfortunate, dreary non-summer months, we would be so powerful we could take over the galaxy and enslave all lesser beings.

This past year, in defiance of whatever scientific laws govern the passage of time, has been both the longest and the shortest year of my life. One year in with my twins, I still feel like I’m barely hanging on at times. But, the twins’ sleep did progress over time, making the challenges inherent to life as a twin parent feel much more manageable. Day by day, I’m figuring out life as mother of three, and while it’s definitely not easy, I’m proud of my family, and of myself, and of how far we’ve come.

This was fairly exhausting, and at times mildly terrible, but made manageable by the presence of my father in law, the duration of the flight to Salt Lake City (90 minutes), and my husband’s MVP status with Alaska Airlines, which is obviously our favorite airline because we like to remain predictable by fulfilling as many Seattle stereotypes as possible. My father in law’s new abode in Salt Lake City has a floatie equipped pool, which the kids loved. I highly recommend wine tasting in the Sodo area of Seattle if you enjoy wine, whether or not you have to pound your pours because you brought kids and they are losing their shit. I see a lot of grilled food, many short lived lake trips (turns out crawling babies aren’t that fun to bring to the lake), and gallons of rosé in my future.

Typical Portland weekend schedule: dinner out at delicious restaurant with in laws. , Portland with kids in tow was great (despite the usual challenges of road trips with small children. It features a large open air, but covered, space, and a sizable kid pit that kept our toddler entertained. Nostrana and Enoteca Nostrana Parents night out went down here, and we grabbed a drink at Enoteca Nostrana prior to our dinner reservation at Nostrana.