I don't actually have a point with this post. I was just talking to Sarah, and her social circle makes me chuckle.
Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:24:07 pm

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When Sarah was pregnant with the boys, she was in a group of moms-to-be called "Mommy and Me", which I found odd, because none of them had kids yet. I mean, sure, you got that parasite in your uterus, but I don't call you mom until that thing comes outta you. I got the purpose of the group (Sarah's membership seemed particularly sense-making because she'd just moved back to the Island), it was just the name I took issue with. FTR.

(can you tell how excited i am over the prospect of spawning?)

There were two moms-to-be in particular whom Sarah bonded with. First some background:

Sarah makes ridiculous amounts of money for what she does. Her husband pulls in paychecks about half the size of hers. I'm not even kidding a little bit. When she was "fired" from the company that employed her immediately upon her return to the Island, the severance package they gave her set up their family for a full year. They have never once suffered for money. I don't think they even know what it's like to be forced to budget their finances. They do it, but not because they "have to". And let's be super clear here, even though Sarah's income is so disproportionately large compared to her hubby's, their family could survive off his paychecks alone, if they had to. When they first moved back, they bought a house, then Sarah decided her commute of 30 minutes was too long, so they bought a different house and basically threw away $30,000 like it was nothing.

They're ridiculous.


Off the tangent.

One of the moms Sarah bonded with is a woman named Kim*. Kim was already 6 months pregnant when Sarah joined the group, so her little boy Evan* was born 3 months before the twins, precipitating Kim's withdrawal from the group 3 months before Sarah. Kim is a dentist. Her husband is a neurologist. They're a few years older than Sarah and her husband, but still peas in a pod. Kim and her man have passed that point of paying off student loans, and have reached that point of "I forget what it's like to be poor". Sarah bonded with Kim because of their shared Rich-Bitchiness.

The other mom Sarah bonded with is a woman named Lindsey*. Lindsey was also pregnant with twins. They made a huge deal out of their whole "multiple-births make us special" thing. Again, let's be clear, the only thing I know I'll be when I finally decide to turn my body into a human factory is Utterly Unprepared, and that's assuming I only produce one at a time. I know semi-first-hand that twins are more than twice the amount of work a single baby is. A multiple-birth does indeed make you special.


Kim lives in that same cluster of people-who-live-too-close-to-each-other that Mommy, Sarah, Savannah, my cousin Jenny, and like 80% of their respective social circles live in. She pops over to Sarah's house, often unannounced, all the time. Like, every day. She often brings little Evan with her, and he'll play with the twins. Unlike the twins, it appears Evan doesn't really like LOUD NOISES, so when the twins go for the pots and pans (a set of toys they still like way better than any of the expensive ones that have been bought specifically for them), Evan just kind of hangs by the sidelines or tries to get them to stop. He also has fun following them around and picking up their messes. Which is adorable, cuz he's like... 3.

Lindsey has since moved to Nanaimo. Because there's a better hospital there; her little girl had some serious health complications, which necessitated the move. Even now, she's a little bitty midget compared to her YOUNGER twin brother, because of those health complications. Even though they now live... half an hour apart... (shut up, it's the island) Sarah and Lindsey still make the effort to get together a few times a month. I think in large part because of all the crap she's had to go through with her daughter, Lindsey is the world's MOST PARANOID mom.


So. Now you know all the players. This post is getting TL;DR, but shut up and listen/read.


Lindsey was in Parksville visiting Sarah and Kim. Sarah and Kim got their boys all bundled up and took them outside to play in the snow. Lindsey did the same with her boy. But, for reasons that were as justified as they are not explained here, she left her little girl inside with the dads. So. We have 3 moms and 4 three-year-old boys. Outside playing in the snow. Snow that is in the yard of a house that is also home to a pair of bichon shih tzus. So, there's poop in the snow. And some pee in the snow. And we have 4 three-year-old boys playing in that snow.

Can you guess what happened?

Well, the twins LOVE yellow snow. It's like a pee-flavoured snacktime treat. And Evan, as we've seen, is very much a follower. And Lindsey is the world's MOST PARANOID mom.


"OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU EATING GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH"

"You know, it's actually good for them to eat stuff like this at this age in moderation. It helps develop their immune systems."









*Names have been changed to protect the goofy