My Twins

This past week my girls turned 9. YES I have survived 9 years of raising twins! To tell the truth it has not been that bad! I have learned to be patient, understanding, how to figure out what one likes and one doesn't, I can even tell you who is crying and who is yelling. BUT if they are standing with their back to me and have on the same clothes. I can not tell you which is which! hehehehe but needless to say, these last 9 years have been the best and worst of my life! I have learned so much about my self and why my mom did all the things she did. Skyler and Nikki still puzzle the heck out of me though, one minute they are fighting like cats and dogs, the next they are each others best friends. One day they love something the next day they hate it. One of the funniest parts of having twins is what others say to you in public. AND you would be surprised on what we have heard. Anything for Zebra babies, to Oreo Cookies, to they are sisters. Some people we have come across people that just don't know what to do when they see twins. Kinda funny cause I SEE twins all the time. I guess people don't realize how many twins there really are unless they have them. So just a little funny note to let you know most of the things I hear being the parent of twins.

1. "Are they twins?" – No, we just had a double stroller, two car seats, two high chairs and two cribs laying around so we thought we better have two in a row.

2. "Are they identical?" – Most of the time twins do look a like.

3. "Two for the price of one?" – This one makes me want to scream. As if my two babies require the same amount of formula, diapers, clothes, etc. as a singleton! If it wasn't for my mom and her garage sales, and just being blessed with wonderful parents I would have both of the girls sleeping in the same bed, and riding in the exact same seat.

4. "Wow you must have your hands full?" – This one seems OK on the surface, but the person saying it rarely does so out of sympathy. Usually you can tell that what they mean is "wow you must have your hands full and I'm glad I'm not you!"

5. "Do twins run in your family?" – Do annoying strangers that bother obviously overstressed mothers at the mall run in yours?

6. "Did you take fertility drugs?" – OK. Seriously. Where do people get off?

7. "Which one is the cute one?" – Which eye do you want blackened?

8. "Oh I had my kids 11 months apart, so I know what it’s like to raise twins" – This isn't a question, but it is quite possibly the most annoying comment anyone can say to a mother of twins. If you haven't raised multiples, then you have no idea what it’s like.

9. "How do you tell them apart?" – Oh darn their name tags fell off again. It's back to the hospital for another DNA test. BUT to tell the truth, when they were babies... a red toe nail was the best thing we did.

10. "How do you do it?" Ummmm...I don't, I hide one in the closet and just pretend to only have one baby.

So the next time you see someone with twins and want to comment.....try to refrain from asking these things!!!!