After reading Sam’s entry I suddenly realised that I never introduced myself. My name is Barbara. I have twin girls aged 13, and a singleton aged 10. I have a long suffering husband. Oh, and I am French (I am only telling you so you dismiss those spelling mistakes and grammatical errors that I will make). I have been living in the UK for the last 19 years. I love Twinsclub. I discovered it several years ago. Lurked a good couple of years then joined. At the time my husband had taken the children up north to his parents for the week-end as I was supposed to be painting the kitchen and living room.  I did finish the painting and spent most of the drying time on tc. I have been addicted ever since.  Going back to having twins: my birth story will be another instalment at a later date. I survived the birth, the 2 to 13 years old phases. I am trying to survive the teenage years. Each phase is a challenge. The good thing is that a phase eventually passes. While every day seems like an eternity, each year passes too quickly. A decade just went by without me realising. My baby is now 10, my girls are teenagers and I am no spring chicken anymore :)