Great pics! Thanks for sharing Grinler.

Rawk on Grinlets, rawk on!

Just adorable!
If you ever need a babysitter, just let me know.
Of course I'm thousands of miles away... so...

I'm only a few hours away Grinler. What a hoot it would be to babysit the Grinlets for a time LOL

OH! I forgot I grew out of babysitting. hehehehe

Lovely pictures Grinler! The boys are SO adorable. I know it must be hard raising twins, but you get twice the giggles and fun too!

*~*WIBBLE*~*

Thanks all...they are at the stage now where they are sooooooo much fun. They are easy to get to smile, and if crying in their crib, smile when you come in the room to check on them.

Alec immitated us for the first time yesterday and isaac is starting to roll over.

Plus i got isaac to give me some giggles for the first time (at least for me) by zerberting his cheeks.

its a blast...i should have more pics soon to put up

Okay, quick quiz for daddy. In the Rock and Roll Pic.. Please Identify Rock And Roll by their proper names, hehehe

Da Inquisitive Animal

Alec is rockin' and Isaac is rollin'

Rock-and-Roll-a-bye Grinlets
(with apologies to the anonymous author)

Rock-a-bye Alec while Isaac rolls,
when can either sleep while the other one fools,

When Grinler breaks the Grinlets will learn,
that the server's down again, and the forums call.

Hey congratulations!
enjoy them...they grow really fast!
and most of all, remember to update your security software!

Isaac being a little fed up with me.

Alec just being cute. Can you tell I am a proud pappa?

Congrats! sleep is over-rated anyway

Beautiful, Enjoy and thanks for sharing.

Heheh..luckily for us they are good sleepers. Down at 8pm and back up around 6:30 am.

Wow! Adorable little men you have there Grinler! I wanted twins, but never had any. I blamed that on the wife, of course.

Word of advice: Don't teach them how to talk. Here's why (speaking from experience of course):

Ages 0-1-crying about whatever they like or don't like. Ohhhh...how cute!

Ages 1-2-crying and learning to say words that don't really exist. Yep, still cute!

Ages2-4-crying and learning enough words to form a sentance you don't understand. "NO!" is a popular word at this age. Ok, saying NO to everything isn't that cute.

Somewhere between 2 and 6 comes their first swear word. Yes, enjoy the moment. Just know that as they get older, it'll be muttered towards you under their breath.

Ages 4-6-crying and mixing words and fake words like "Munch-a-kin from dunk-n-dozenuts". Arugues that they're right, and that you say it wrong. See, now that's cute....what do you mean NO it's not?

ages 6-8-crying and nostop chatter. If they stop talking, they're doing something wrong or have fallen asleep. Silence is not golden.

Ages 8-10-crying and arguing. They're learning how to be sarcastic. Lucky you.

Ages 10-12-crying and even more arguing (even though you thought they couldn't argue any more). They've mastered being sarcastic, and have started learning how to develop an attitude. Didn't think you could get any luckier, did you.

Ages 12 and up-crying and they've learned to ask for money. Along with they're constant attitude, and relentless sarcasim, doubled with their sneaky underhanded bank account draining techniques, they're growing like weeds costing you even more money than originally planned. "NO" has made a comeback. It's happened. You have two just like you, just like your mom had hoped for when you were little.


LOL! Sorry, I coulnd't resist....just trying to bring a little humor into your day!

Ok, so I wasn't kidding! It's all true! And it's going to be twice as bad with twins! LOL!!!!

Enjoy those handsome little manly men! They'll bring a lifetime of joy and happiness to you and your wife! (or to the highest bidder on eBay!)

Oh, and always remember.....Bad = "they get that from my wife"/Good = "Of course they get that from me!"

LOL...lots of crying in my life i guess

I like the new pics Grinler!

So when is there first computer lesson?

I'd recommend introducing them to the mouse first. Make sure they know not to try to eat it or destroy it.

awww! congratulations, grinler they're adorable!

More pictures - Identical redheads! Oh no

That's not an abacus they're playing with I'm told!

How are they ever going to learn real computer skills and to code?

Great Pics - thanks for sharing with the BC family again.

Alec trying to play with me at 6:30 am

Haha, they are so cute, a belated congrats Grinler

Thanks for sharing the pictures! They are adorable!!! - but you've heard that already.

My mom said twins would have been easier than raising two that were 15 months apart. The older reverted when the younger was born. Count your blessings - at least two.


Called the babbling stage: even deaf babies do this. At this stage they make sounds that they will have great difficulty pronouncing later. My nephew tried so hard to talk at age 1 and couldn't, and he would get so mad and frustrated because he couldn't you could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears.



"No" is most often learned from the parents: try re-direction instead.


Only if they've heard them from someone else or on T.V., radio etc. My sib. didn't say a swear word until in 3rd grade or thereabouts. Picked it up from a classmate.



Reversing consonants and consonant replacement is part of oral language development. Tongues etc. often cannot make the correct sounds yet. Frequently they will think they are pronouncing it correctly even if they are not: example I said Larquette Mall instead of Marquette Mall. I thought I was saying the latter. And kids LOVE to make up words: now be honest don't adults love to make up words too? Creativity abounds - yeah!! Consider Tolkien: If he hadn't love to invent words and even an entire language, there never would have been The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings etc. as he wrote them only to use his invented language. And if it weren't for Tolkien where would the entire Fantasy Genre of fiction be?

Orange Blossom Master's in Language Education

Even though you posted that last year, and I haven't saw it until now, I still want to say congratulations! :D

10 months old:

They are the cutest! What a wonderful time you must be having with watching your little ones discover something new every single day!

Wow! 10 months already. They even have twin dibs. They're beautiful

Ditto to the "Wow! 10 months already." Time flies when you are having fun.....

Congratulations Grinler, they look so cute!

Thanks all..its been a lot of fun so far! They are starting to get themselves into dangerous situations now..

And I think its amazing how fast 10 months have went by. I mean it must have been that long almost since I have replied to this post.

Have fun with them.
They must be wandering a lot at this age.

Awwww SO cute! I'm falling hard and fast for the little Grinlets. WOW! So much time gone by all ready. It happens so fast.

Yeah, and now I feel old....

Your like...Where did 10 months go to? I thought it was just last week you had 'em....

Halloween 2006:

They are younger here but two of my favorites. Alec on the left and isaac on the right.

Grinler, thanks so much for adding more pictures of Alex and Isaac - they are adorable and it's so nice to be able to see them as they grow and change!

Are they similar in personalities, I wonder?

No very different...Alec is very serious little baby with quite a temper. Dont get that food in his mouth fast enough and he throws little tantrums. Frustrating at times, but cute also. He loves though finding little things on the floor, carpet, furniture, etc and examine them. He is also much better at sports so far (can dunk hoops).

Isaac is a goofball. Happy go lucky, doesnt let anything bother him, unless he takes a spill, then he can let out a nice wail.

Both good boys though.

Laughed when I read your reply re if the little one's personalities were similar!

Have always find it wonderful that rarely are twins similar in anything but appearance - and of course, devotion to each other as they grow. Little ones are surely magical wee creatures and I look at your little boys and truly, they are darlings!

The twins had their first cake, one for each of them, at their 1 year old birthday. Alec is in the all black chair and isaac is in the plaidish chair.

Adorable! Bet they had such fun and watching them grow is such a gift, isn't it. (Love the fact each had his own little birthday cake, too!).

OMG!!! Grinler they are such handsome boys!

WOW look at Alec.. he is SO serious about his cake .. and Isaac is all, w00t wahoo!! lmao

Thanks for sharing..

Oh, my. They are really into their food.

I hope they enjoy bath-time as much as the cake.

Thanks for sharing. What a bright spot to the day.

Orange Blossom

Hello Mr. Grinlet........

I wasn't here when they arrived, but now it's time for me to say:



I wish you many, many, many more........

I mean you, Mr. Grinlet... some more twins... .. (just kidding)

Enjoy your Christmas, and make it a Merry one too.

Grinlets from March 2007:

Alec is the one with the diapers as he says Uhoh.

Isaac is the cool cat wearing the glasses.

Awww Cool !

They are growing so fast.

They are very sweet little boys Grinler.
Bet they keep you and Mrs Grin pretty busy!

Cool kids in da House!!

Nice pics bossman...

They look great... thanks for the pics

What precious little ones and thanks so much for sharing the photo with us! Hoping the Easter Bunny left them lots of treats - and a new toothbrush, of course!

congrats grinler hope you have many good times and enjoy all well done
they grow up so fast make the most of it remember the song the cats in the cradle
all the best kasploticus

Congrats Grinler, any updates?

These are fairly recent:

First picture, alec is on left and isaac on right. Second picture alec is in green and isaac in orange.