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"I'm just so optimistic about this can opener." -Jessica

Jessica to Lewis as he eats crackers

See crumbs coming out of your mouth while you shove that in like a barbarian?

Nice quiet play date

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Fwd: Best pizza yet!!!!

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jessica Parker Garvin < parker.garvin@gmail.com > Date: Monday, January 20, 2014 Subject: Best pizza yet!!!! To: "Garvin, Ben" < bengarvin@gmail.com > Jessica style crust!  Just crisp without being crunchy.  Crust is light and tender, not chewy.  Perfect!!! -- -- 612.554.5450 mobile bengarvin.com twitter.com/bengarvin facebook.com/mrbengarvin

Dragon hi-jacking

From an email I got from Jessica about their night tonight (I'm at work): Kids had some crazy rambunctious time running in circles on the rug, giving each other "dragon" rides and piggy backs.  It was fun.  Funny moment - Bailey was initially riding Art as a dragon and then Netta got on. Bailey cried, "Mama!  Netta is riding MY dragon!"

Art and Jessica on ice

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Kids

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Staycation meals

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During Christmas I had a week off and we all stayed at home. With the money we saved on traveling somewhere we went out to eat a few times during the week in a sometimes successful attempt to introduce our kids to new foods, including at this tasty Korean restaurant . (updating this post to clarify, the kids DID NOT eat all the stuff in these photos. They most had dumplings and boring white rice and a little of the sushi roll things).

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

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Nanna with her identical twins granddaughters a couple years ago. She's gonna be here tomorrow for a winter visit.

On a recent date night at a shitty restaurant.

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Bailey and two things she loves

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Bailey loves sucking her thumb. Bailey loves touching her belly button. Bailey loves doing both of these things simultaneously which makes putting on a coat or doing much of anything a challenge. Jessica and I have often delighted in the way she'll sometimes walk around hunched enjoying both her thumb and belly button. Like this.

VIDEO: Netta, scullery maid in training.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9RKLnnWqk&w=640&h=480]

VIDEO: The old bicycle slow, fast, superfast, die trick

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Carrying the girls to bed

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IDENTICAL!

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We are pleased to report to you the results of the twin zygosity test that you requested. Analysis of the DNA indicates that Bailey Garvin and Netta Garvin are monozygotic, or more commonly referred to as identical twins. We first isolated DNA from cheek cells from the swab kits that were returned to our lab. We amplified the DNA using a technique called PCR. Next, we analyzed 15 standard DNA markers used in human identity (D3S1358, TH01, D21S11, D18S51, Penta-E, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, CSF1PO, Penta-D, vWA, D8S1179, TPOX and FGA) and determined that the highly variable DNA markers were the same for both twins. Thus, there is greater than a 99.9% probability that the twins are monozygotic.

Drawn on a menu by Jessica with eyebrows by Bailey

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Art and archer ice skating in the back yard

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Jessica trains the girls on potty cleaning.

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I came in and walked in on this great yoga session today.

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Wizard hat

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Netta wearing Jessica's father's 30-year-old wizard hat.

Swimming at the Y

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Sleeping in Christmas presents.

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Arthur gets a nice fat thank you kiss

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Uncle Josh and Arthur traveled around town to three or four different stores searching for the right pare of ice skates for Jessica's birthday. They finally found them. Art really wanted to go Ice skating with Jessica.

Oh sleeping is such a burden.

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Boys

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Here's something I'm proud of, backyard ice skating rink!

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It's been super cold but the kids are starting to use it and dig it.