Scott likes green beans served with his dad's venison, fresh green beans from Grandpa Harold's garden.
Yes, there are saviors for the Eischens' family, especially Corinne and Wes Anderson, neighbors in their Foxglove Circle.
"Corinne has been here from day one, helping me with the babies," said Karen.  "She was never worried.  She'd come to watch the babies for me and often I'd come home and Wes would be holding one of them.  Corrine has been my mentor, my soul mate ... And my neighbor Joan Julien has baked us an abundance of meals.  Joan is also a big Vikings fan."
Said Steve, who was sporting a Daunte Culpepper jersey that he got for Christmas, "I'm a Vikings fan, too.  My three favorite teams are the Vikings, the Rams, and the Packers.  There's always next year for the Vikings."
Said Scott, "I like the Timberwolves and then the Twins and I don't like the Vikings -- and it's not because of the purple and gold colors."
"I also got a little basketball hoop for Christmas," said Steve.  "It's downstairs right now.  This Vikings jersey was from our grandma."
Said Scott, "I also got creepy crawl-ers and a Vikings jersey from the same grandma."  His shirt touted Randy Moss.  Scott told about seeing Santa Claus at school this past Christmas season.
Said Steve, "I bet he was a fake," ... which brought the next holiday to mind.  "When the Easter bunny comes he leaves tracks in our carpet so it gives us clues to find the Easter eggs."
Karen said she and Mike often take the boys to Carver Park to participate in many of their seasonal activities.  "It has a big hill and we went down it," reported Steve.
How did they go down it?  "On a sled, of course," replied the little one whose mobility on land or sea or snow depends heavily on common and uncommon modes of transportation.

In 1998 Karen spoke of her faith journey during a Festival of Thanksgiving at their church.  During that talk she referred to the birth of her twins.  "How bittersweet it was to rejoice at the birth of our children, while agonizing over impending surgeries for one of them."
In a 1999 Christmas letter, she wrote, "We feel so very blessed that God has entrusted Steve to our care.  When the realities of his medical complexities become just too much to bear, it is then that we, as the kids say, FROG - Fully Rely On God."
In a 2000 Christmas letter, Karen wrote that she talked with Steve's preschool classmates about spina bifida and was nervous about explaining the condition to his friends "My heart burst with happiness to see, in Steve's eyes, that I had succeeded."
In the 2001 Christmas letter, Karen wrote, "My dear Father in heaven has taught me so many lessons from this small but mighty child."
About the relationship between the twin boys, Karen says, "Their friendship continues to grow stronger with each passing year."
Says Scott, "I taught him how to make three's."
Says Steve, "I taught him how to make two's."
The kindergarten students attend the Early Childhood Center in Jonathan.  "It's all kindergarten kids there," said Scott.  In fact there are approximately 300 morning students and 300 afternoon students at the Center.  The twins attend the morning session.
"My favorite classes are recess and library and snacks, in that order," said Scott.
"I like recess and snacks and library," said Steve, "and I like them all in the same order.  We have a blast at the new playground.  Scott pushes me fast in my wheelchair.  There is more room than at the old playground."
Steve explained that Mrs. Rienstra is his teacher.  One day he had to miss school because of a doctor's appointment, and he therefore missed the teacher's treat that day, but not for long.  "Mrs. Rienstra saved ice cream for me," he said.  "Every-body else got about an inch and I got a whole cup."
Scott's teacher is Mrs. Graves.  "I like Mrs. Graves because she is nice and fair and reads us books," he said.  "She has lots of books in our classroom."
How do the boys get to school?  "In a van that holds a wheelchair and Scott, too," said Steve, whose dad built a long sloping ramp from the front door to the driveway.  The friendly bus drivers are Dick and Sue and Andy - mostly Dick.
Since each of the boys are in different classes, of 19 students each, they have acquired different friends.  Scott listed Aaron, Matt, Lucas, and Christopher, "for boys," and Brooke and Jennifer, "for girls."
Steve listed Rob, Ryan, Dylan, Henry, Cam, and Blake, "for boys," and Grace, Haley, and Ellie, "for girls."
Said Karen, "Under this school system and with Steve's can-do attitude, everything works pretty well."

Pets also play a role in the Eischens home.  Prominent on their living room floor, for example, is a caged guinea pig named Wiggles.  Both the cage and the guinea pig loom large, in fact.   Steve opens the wire door and places green pear peels on the back of Wiggles who resembles a big black rabbit.  "No, he looks like a big black gerbil," stated Scott.
"We used to have Peef but he died," said Steve.  "Wiggles is a boy.  We got him from one of our neighbors that moved.  He likes watermelon.  He squeals when he's hungry."
"Maddie is our dog," he added.  "She's a black lab.  She's a girl.  She's gun shy."
Karen explained that Maddie II turned out to not be a hunting dog like Maddie I.  "She's our special needs dogs," stated the mother of a special needs child. 
"If we get a kitty," said Scott, "Mom would have to change the litter box so we don't have a kitty."
Steve mentioned another animal, one that used to live in the neighborhood and belonged to Mike and Mayor Mary Meuwissen.  "They have horses and they had a donkey when they moved," he said.  "The donkey had a mom but no dad."
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