On October 27...

In 2009: We became parents to two fabulous and surprisingly noisy children

In 2010: I pondered the significance of the anniversary

In 2011: I totally forgot the anniversary. I'd been thinking about it a lot the previous week, but on the actual day? Total blank until 11.30pm, when I was nearly asleep. 

In 2009: We ate pizza, because it meant we didn't have to think about cooking and parenting at the same time. The babies drank milk.

In 2010: We celebrated the anniversary with pizza, and hoped it counted as the start of a tradition. The babies refused to taste it. They drank milk. 

In 2011: Pizza again. The day after the anniversary. Because of the forgetting.  The babies licked it, and then cried because of all the flavours and asked for pasta. Then they drank some milk. 

In 2009: I thought ' This is it! Family Day!' but never said it out loud.  

In 2010: I wrote a long post defending my use of the term Family Day

In 2011: I could care less whether anybody is annoyed that I use the term Family Day. Anybody wants to discuss whether or not we are a family can take their turn singing ten rounds of 'the wheels on the bus' first. 

In 2009: I hoped I knew what I was doing

In 2010: I was pretty sure I knew what I was doing

In 2011: I am absolutely certain I have NO idea what I am doing

In 2009: I didn't know them at all

In 2010: I loved them

In 2011: They are so far under my skin that I don't really know where they end and I begin

In 2009: They were yelling

In 2010: They were babbling. And yelling. 

In 2011: They are singing. And talking. And also sometimes yelling. 

In 2009: I was getting sick and hadn't showered. 

In 2010: I was wearing a floral cardigan. I hoped it was channelling the 1940s librarian trend, but I forgot that only works if the whole outfit isn't channelling the 1940s librarian trend. 

In 2011: Last night, I decided that I would try some of the babies' hair products in my own hair. After all, they have dry hair, I have dry hair, right? No. NO. A thousand times no. So today I had to spend the whole day with my hair up as a result. Never. Again. 

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In 2011: 

Happy Family Day, beautiful babies. We love you more than ever. Here's to many more happy years together.