When I turned thirty, I was living in Seattle with a man who never wanted children, and until then, I was OK with that. We had an exciting life filled with travel and new restaurants, live music and good friends. When we split up, I realized that the yearning I felt for a family also included the one I had left behind here in Pennsylvania. I packed it all up and moved back to be near my parents and to start a new life hopefully with deeper roots and more home cooked meals. Today I live in Downingtown and am the mother to a boy and a girl, twins who are about to turn three, and my life has transformed in more ways than I ever believed possible.

As newsletter editor for the Chester County Mothers of Multiples Club, I have access to a wonderful network of people who are raising children in Chester County, PA. And when you have multiple, same-aged children, it becomes crucial that you know everything you can about how to entertain them without breaking the bank, what you can feed them that they will agree to eat, and how to save a few bucks in the meantime. Here I will try to share some of this information and offer a little companionship to those going through the too often mind-boggling experience of being a parent. Welcome, and I hope you will continue to join me.