Garden of Weedin'.
After talking with other twin parents, the advice we most often get (besides increasing our sense of humor and investing in good pair of ear plugs) is to simply learn to let go. Let cleaning slide, let dishes pile up and opt out of hobbies for a year.
So, Sam dropped out of all his golf leagues this summer. MONUMENTAL internets. I can't believe I actually even typed that.
I openly admit to not being a very good slider. I'd rather stay up late catching up then wake up early behind. But I'll try, partially because I know not what sleep deprivation torture awaits me.
But. I just can not quit YOU garden.
You are about to get neglected, weedy and very thirsty and I apologize.
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It will be soooooo sad soon...... ;)
well, you gotta do what ya gotta do. Twins will be fun along with the challenges!
Wow, I'm perfectly not pregnant and my garden will be woefully neglected, too.
But it's used to that.
the fun is about to start!
Something has to go.
I'm sure you WILL have fun!
Well, we seem to quit every end of July...we just get tired of it, we don't have your EXCELLENT excuse.
So exciting to be having twins. :-)
Well...wish there was a good reason for me to be a slacker (love that term..slacker...from the book "Confessions of a Slacker Mom")! I take on that word with much grace (well not so much
grace:0), confidence, and slackerish joy.
So excited for you!
FUNTASTIC is about to walk thru your door. The garden will miss you, but I forsee a blooming future with three kiddies to run after real soon!
Your garden will wait for you. And in a couple of years, you'll have 4 extra hands to weed it!
Your cilantro and rosemary is looking WAYYYY better than mine. No more seedlings for me!
Girl, your garden looks way better than mine. Way.
As for a summer off. That actually sounds kinda tempting.
ASSUMING I had a nanny to help with the duo of course. :)
the garden will survive i'm sure!!! how long now?
I don't have anything to say accept correct. It is sad but there may be hope b/c the babies should sleep alot in the beginning I mean like during the day, you know eat sleep poop. So maybe you can sneak in a watering here and there.
Just don't give up all the things you love - you will need a refuge every now and then. Hope you are doing well - won't be long now. Have a good weekend. Kellan
Unfortunately, my garden was one of the first things that got the boot when my Numbers 2 and then 3 came along! I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things next year...I'm counting on having three good "helpers"!
I am so excited to see/read all the upcoming news about to come your way. Don't worry about the weeds, I am sure there are going to be lots of people who want to come over and help with those sweet babes! Just send one of them out to weed, another to do the dishes, a couple for the laundry and one to cook and clean up.
*hugs* It will be okay. On a side note, the garden does look very good! Great capture!
Poor poor garden. Sounds like you have a great husband there though! I'm so excited for you!
Ah, yes, the sundried tomatoes-on-the-vine I had the summer my first was born was the last real garden I tended. Now I water the children and the children water the garden - and everything works out just fine.
As for nursing, remember that physical health is only part of the picture. You are only helping your babies if you stay sane.
How does that song go? Ya gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away . . . know when to put them in the crib and give yourself a big old nap.
We just don't plant a garden, because it would be cruel and unusual punishment.
I say learn to let go, but don't completely give up on some of those little pleasures -- they're what will help to keep you sane (or at least to keep up the illusion)
I don't have the excuse of babies to be letting things slide around here. ;)
Although I'm much the same, stay up late to finish what I need rather than wake up behind. That's a hard habit to break, but break away. Sleep will be much more important than dishes and toys on the floor.
Don't worry I killed almost all my plants as soon as I moved them outside. I'm hoping the ones I bought survive a little while.
Meh, somehow our garden survives our neglect, so I'm sure yours will, too! ;) Somehow mid summer with 90 degree days and humidity...we just don't seem to care for it too much. Wonderful shot of your soon to be thirsty garden. :)
My garden is already neglected...and they are 4 and 6!
Hang out in the yard with the babies, point to the weeds, I am sure big brother will be glad to "help".
Is that a very little rosemary plant? It looks lonely already! Just mulch it, preferably with something natural like grass clippings. That will help to keep the weeds down, and add some nitrogen to the soil.
Tink *~*~*
A view of Tarpon Bay, Sanibel Island
Oh, I hope for the perfect amounts of sun and rain to save your little garden.
That looks so familiar.
Soon you'll have a few helpers in the yard.
I send my 3 year old into the yard with me. We hunt dandelions and foxtails!
Always remember what's important.
Oh, I'm sure your garden will be forgiving. Nice of you to give it a heads up though!
i am growing my very first plant {tomatoes} this year + i used it for this week's psf. too funny! i am not very good at letting things slide either, but the little ones have really taught me that i have to sometimes.
Ooh, is that tasty rosemary and parsley?
You might not be able to keep up with the garden, but you'll have a bumper crop of little people! ;)
Well, gardens have grown neglected for centuries, yours won't be the first. But you'll be growing your babies, what could be more perfect?
Ah yes, we just started our very first garden this year....thank heaven my hubby enjoys working in it, because otherwise ours would suffer the same fate.
Wish I could get my hubby to quit his softball commitments! Lucky. :-)
Love your catchy title! :) Like my hubby tells me when things get tough..."think of all of this as a GREAT adventure"! Look forward to seeing your new beautiful babes!
This made me giggle just picture the poor old plant being neglected, lol.
I think you might have to let go of the garden for a while....... or get a gardener!
I'm sure your garden will forgive you. :) And there's always next year. Although I have yet to find the time to even plant one, and my youngest is 3 now... Good luck! :)
Oh dear. Though I am not having twins, I have a feeling I will have to be doing the very same thing soon. I'm still a little confused how I will get two boys to and from school (with different starting and ending times) and try to implement nap times for a 2 year old and a newborn. Urgh. Go with the flow. That will be my new motto.
I am super impressed that your hubby has taken himself out of the golf ring. Very impressive.
Good luck to you. It is coming up soon! :)
Weeds can be beautiful. Just keep repeating that.
Hugs to you, and your garden :) The best thing to remember is that it is only for a little while. My friend who has twins had her babies (they are 7 now) on such an amazing schedule. She said it was the only way she could survive. She didn't like to let things slide either.
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My garden is a wonderful moderated because it moderated the other people who are engaged in that business. This time they thought and the colors and the time when the plant growing so that the garden will constantly look full, and he will be in colors that match.
Oh my gosh, your poor garden. Thankfully, they are patient and forgiving. Just think of all the fun you'll have once ALL of you can get back out there and get your nails dirty! Hope you're doing well as the clock ticks down.
Lisa
I can't wait to see them there babies.
It'll probably be a nice place to relax when you can find a spare moment. I'm getting so excited! You are getting sooooo close! :)
:) I wish our garden would take care of itself! It is nice to let some things go though!
Kudos for the father in letting go of golf. Now i hope he is getting you a nanny....and a nice diamond ring upon the arrival of the babies!
BTW, ignore garden but try to keep us updated! :)
dude, i will come and tend your garden while you are baking babies.
I love your clever title! And I can't believe the time is almost here!
Oh I think that is good advice but a little hard too.
See, if you were ME, you would not have this problem. You can't feel bad about quitting something you never started.
What a pretty picture. I wish I could continue with things. Starting is never a problem, neither is quitting.
I started a garden this summer with my twins. (I blogged about it on the Cyberhomes.com blog., with a photo.) It looks like we'll only get onions this year. A family of bunnies have taken up residence in our garden and eat everything before we get to it! -- Lauren Baier Kim, Cyberhomes.com blogger
You'll be havin' way to much fun to even think about your garden! I hope you keep your camera handy!!
Even if you're pregnant, light garden work is a godsend - you'll feel a lot better - the baby will benefit from that, too :)
Just more fruits of your labor. Not pun intended... ; )
Just waiting for you big news!! Whee!
It only gets worse. I don't have twins, but the older they get, the more we have to let certain things slide if we want to have anything at all to do with their lives. I'm not a good slider, either, but there is not alternative a lot of the time.
Girl, your garden looks way better than mine. Way.
Your garden will certainly wait for you :)
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