Cynical Mom

Twins separated by 2.5 years?

See for yourself.

They even share the same nast-y rash at five weeks old, apparently we breed 'em with sensitive skin.

Great gift idea for young children

I'm putting together my kids' yearly photo albums on Shutterfly, and noticed that they have a neat new product: Children's picture books, with a place to put your kid's picture in them:

So cute and fairly cheap, too bad I'm already done shopping for my son. It reminded me that my parents once got a book customized for me as a kid - no custom pictures, but my name and my best friend's name were inserted into the book instead of the two main characters, and I adored it.

Another great custom product idea for kids are custom videos from Kideo.com. You send them a picture of your child's head and the pronunciation of his/her name, and they will insert the head onto a figure that is part of a video featuring Barney, Arthur, Dora or a few other popular kid's characters. I bought the Barney one for my then three-year-old nephew a few years ago, and it was a massive hit.

I can dream, can't I?

One day I'd like the US to become this civilized.

I love this one

One month old yesterday.