Kind Of Wish My Twins Were Identical!

 

 Kind Of Wish My Twins Were Identical!

4-4-2012

 

 

          We are only sitting for the Cheerios! 

I’m at the park yesterday with my twins, and these two other little girls, their mom, and perhaps an aunt or friend, were there together. Not many are as brave as I to go it alone .

 

Anyway, everyone was playing on the equipment and having a good time. It was easy for me to tell that these little girls, maybe 2 and 1/2 or 3 years old, were twins. Same blond ringlets, big blue eyes, but non-matching clothing. They didn’t need that to tell. It was quite obvious.

 

While my pint size vixens ran like road runners in different directions of course, these two little girls were very calm and very quiet. Almost like robots compared to how any of my kids ever were .

 

It seems like most of the identical twins I have seen to date are so well behaved and calm compared to my own duo. Is there something to that? Just coincidence? I’m also wondering if identicals are more bonded based on all I’ve seen in my comings and goings, which is all the time.

 

What’s bugging me is this. These 2 ladies come along and go, ”Aw twins.” I was right there and thought at first they were talking to me, but they were not. They looked through us and made a fuss over these other two little girls. I heard one mumble to her pal, ”You think they are twins to?” ”Nah.” I was like ‘HUH?’

 

Eventhough I have heard, ”Are they twins” like most twin moms from day 1 do, more people at least assumed this was so when they were smaller. Now I feel like people are starting to not see their twin ‘specialness’ if you will, just because they do not look alike. This saddens me.

 

Were they dressed alike from head to toe? Yes. Did that matter? No. Lately some people have said to me, ”Oh I wasn’t sure, I thought maybe they were cousins or something.” Yeah, I’m going to dress alike, then lug around a little cousin in my travels. I guess there are people who do. I just sometimes really wish they were identical.

 

No one would ever question it. (Though I’m sure even identical moms have their moments with morons.) I’d still get that ‘twin credit’. That recognition of being a twin mommy. But alas, I see it fading before my eyes and it will only fade further as they grow. Is this a bizarre feeling to have?

 

Also, I just can’t help but wonder if like the identicals I see, if they’d be playing more together, be more internally bonded than they appear to be. At least on the surface right now? Think that is something we will ever know for certain? Are identical twins more bonded?

 

People told me it was kind of a good thing that they are fraternal so they have their own identities, but please! How many of us were dying to have an identical sibling growing up to fool our parents and have fun with? I’m sure they all find a way to create a name for their own selves just fine.

 

I love my beautiful girls. They are the most wild and energetic twins I have seen anywhere we have been to date, and I swear they are keeping me young. I just can’t help but wish a little (just a little bit) in my heart that they were identical rather then fraternal. I’m not saying it’s more special or anything, it’s just more apparent. I don’t know, just rambling this morning. I need coffee .

 

 This is more like how we roll. We never sit still.

 

Then we come home and the real fun begins!

It’s called ‘Attack de la siblings.’

(Ignore the walls. Hubby is going to paint since the twins pulled off several panels of wall paper.)

 

 

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