If you give a twin a cookie...you'll have to give the other twin a cookie, too...
and they'll want sippy cups of milk to go with it...
And while you sit at the table with your laptop, naively blogging....
They'll spit some of the milk in the sippy cups onto their highchair trays...
And they'll make this...
And some of this...
And your floor that was so lovingly scrubbed and squeaky will look like this...
...because somehow, twins already know how to open up the sandwich cookie and eat the filling and throw the cookie bones to the floor...
...because apparently they are twin cookie geniuses when it comes to cookie filling...
And while you are still blogging, they'll empty the package...
And you'll be thinking how quiet and cooperative they are being...until you look up from your screen and see their little faces....
...which means you'll have to put them in the bathtub...and the water will turn chocolate brown...but on the up side, your bathroom will smell like cookies...
And once they're all clean...
they'll probably want another cookie...
And you'll probably let them have it....
LOL! Love the if you give a twin a cookie. The pictures are priceless. You little one has the biggest eyes I have ever seen. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are hilarious! What a great take on one of my son's favorite books... If you Give a Mouse a Cookie!
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough, we've had a version of this at my house too.....but it wasn't so cute. Not so cute at all. :) You are so clever!
ReplyDeletemy twins definitely work together to make a major mess.
ReplyDeletei wouldn't trade it for a second.
I'm waiting for the "If You Give a Twin Spaghetti" version.
ReplyDeleteThat's better than the usual reason for brown bath water...
ReplyDelete...I do have vague recollections of "If You Give a Twin Peanut Butter"...
ReplyDeletehaha, love it!
ReplyDeleteHysterical, Octa! We have an un-photo-documented (couldn't reinforce that one!) "If You Give a Twin a Blue Supposedly Washable Marker" episode that these pictures remind me of! As soon as I saw your title, my reflexive follow-up was, "If you give a twin a cookie, the mom will want one, too!"
ReplyDeleteSo funny...and those eyes are so easy to drown in! :)
Very very cute both the "story" and the kiddos! Mother of 8 ~ all I will say is WOW do you also write "how to"s about parenting?!?!
ReplyDeleteI love the crime scene photos!! Beautiful children:-)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteCould they be any cuter....I don't think so...Oreo's have got to make the biggest mess of any food....it always amazes me how far an oreo cookie can go! great post!
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What is up with just eating the cream? My Little G does that too and it drives me crazy!!!
ReplyDeleteThose pics are awesome!! : )
That is sooo funny. They are adorable, even if covered in cookies.
ReplyDeleteAfter stalking for a bit..Home Schooling up to 8. Costco. Sock monkeys (you're beautiful). Twins. You make it all look so effortless.
ReplyDeleteI found you via Angie's blog. She's dramatically increased my stalking. :P
Help..I am craving those oreos..is that sick or what!
ReplyDeleteOh what fun! For them to eat, not for you to clean up. They sure are cute when they are messy!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! What a creative way to post about their snack.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! What a creative way to post about their snack.
ReplyDeleteFunny. And I love how you call them "cookie bones". We call the crusts the bones too :)
ReplyDeleteevery true parent has had chocolate water in their tub at one time or a dozen .. seriously
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Yes, I know all of it. I've got the same issues. And that is a funny book series that I've just discovered. We have the pig one and the kitty one.
ReplyDeleteI just gave you an award on my blog.
very cute
ReplyDeleteThat is funny! In my house, quiet is definitely a bad thing. Love your pictures.
ReplyDeletelove your take on the book series! you gotta admit, they look darn cute with cookie covered faces :)
ReplyDeleteYou are one nice mommy :) I would not find this very cute at all. Well maybe. Ok. I probably would.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
I have had plenty of these twin messes! Can you imagine, having a constant accomplice?!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, dang, this is so funny! Love this post and LOL with the kid's faces. Priceless!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy Wordful is an update on Winston's Ladybug stool. Come on over if you can, I so love visitors and their comments!!! Happy day to you.
they love those cookies!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, the memories! You are not so innocent you know!
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omgosh, those pictures are just priceless! This beats the "If you give a moose a muffin" thing, or whatever you call it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'd rather my bathroom smell like cookies than ... I'm not even going to finish that one.
Remind me not to have twins... or children in general :-)
ReplyDeleteADORABLE! Your very own cookie monsters:)
ReplyDeleteHysterical!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's funny. I had a similar version of this a few days ago with Hudson, but with a bowl of refried beans (my kids love beans!). I was trying to make dinner, and he was cranky, and will usually only eat something that he can feed himself. I put him in the high chair in the kitchen and just gave him the bowl of beans and the spoon. I was able to sneak in a few bites that way as he was playing, but I basically left it up to him. He had a dried layer of refried beans all over the tray and himself. Good times;)
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite posts ever!! I have pictures of my kids looking like that!! LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteI love that wonderful dream state you enter when you think to yourself, as a mom, hey, my kids are being good and playing so nice together. Sigh. Then reality hits and you wake up to the mess they have been so diligently working on creating! That's was cleaners and towels are for, right?
ReplyDeleteLove this. :) I keep hearing how twins seems to double up and gang up on you, but I've never experienced it firsthand. Thanks for showing us the fun! The upside is maybe they wont be hungry for a snack after eating a whole bag of cookies. ;)
ReplyDeleteToo funny!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures!
ReplyDeleteYour twins are adorable!
Love the pictures of their cookie-covered faces. Is it just me, or do they have that sugar-crazed look to their eyes? At least they were in highchairs - confined to one space to make a mess in. :)
ReplyDeleteHah! I love Laura Numeroff's books!
ReplyDeleteI am curious how you do the faded edges of your photos. Is this something you do with your camera or is it something you photoshop??
ReplyDeleteI'd give them cookies too. Who could resist those little faces?
ReplyDeleteI have had the same thing happen with chocolate pudding. Why is food so much better when you can wear it?
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous pics! They are TOO cute! I would probably have a meltdown seeing the mess, but it makes for a great post & memory!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Those cookies were definitely worth it. Those twins are too cute!
ReplyDeleteToo funny(or should I say TWO funny)...Thanks for the post! Glad to know I'm not the only one faced with this caliber of messiness...lol!
ReplyDeleteYeah I'd give them more too.. if for nothing else but blog fodder!
ReplyDeleteadorable. these twins are just so adorable! Great post! V. funny!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh! Too funny!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd, of so true...
although in my case today it was while I was on my laptop reading blogs, the twins decided to share a drink from the guinea pigs water bottle! YUCK!
You are brilliant! And these photos are some of your best ones.
ReplyDeleteWell just look at them...how could you possibly say "No"?! Aaahh these are the days that you will remember all your life, or at least until the next disaster happens!
ReplyDeleteThat is SO cute! I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe cookie "bones" was priceless!!! Never thought of it that way before!
ReplyDeleteFlickr is acting up and I can't see the pics (on yours or my own blog), but I LOVE the prose!!!!!
ReplyDeletenow didn't they have fun!? soooo cute!
ReplyDeleteMost of my kids do not like the cookie part of oreos. I buy the double stuffs, as there are less cookies to leave all over the house. If only they sold containers of oreo filling. :)
ReplyDeleteDarling! Love the, "twin cookie geniuses."
ReplyDeleteRumor has it that you're working on a sequel, If You Give a Mom A Blog?
Too, too funny and cute! Love the vivid photos that go with your story! My first thought when I looked at the first picture was OMG... Hannah-speak, so-to-speak.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Roban
Been there, done that. For that reason, they were forbidden in the house for a while. However, my husband would manage to sneak some in from time to time leaving me with a similar picture. Even one of our local eateries was in on the conspiracy to make me crazy by placing a little package of them in the kids' box of chicken tenders. I quickly learned to open the boxes away from them and hide the cookies until we were in a cookie safe environment.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you had the presence of mind to take a picture of the scene. You are so funny.
Wow, that is quite a mess! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAWW ADORABLE! the pictures and story! I especially love the first/last picture. :)
ReplyDeletehaha... they ARE geniuses... they know about the oreo cookie "bones" (nice term for it, btw) not being as satisfying as the centre even without being taught! :)
have you read If You Give a Moose a Muffin? It's also cute. :)
My b/g twins are 11 now, but I well remember the "if you give a twin a cookie" days. I used to write a humour column and I used this same idea once. (only I wasn't brilliant enough to take such fun photos) Great minds think alike :)
ReplyDeleteI knew I had much to learn from you :-) Thank you for teaching me how to blog during the day!! I LOVE IT!!!! You always have the best posts and I can never get enough of reading stories about other twins!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat story and the illustrations are second to none!
ReplyDeleteI love your perspective. You must be such a fun mommy
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