Twin things…
Trish over at Little Drummer Boys has linked me to her Thursday Thirteen of twin blogs. Looking back, I don’t really have alot about the twin type things that are done around here and in fact, I would have to say that Ivy and Noah haven’t had alot of twin moments yet, being only two.
So I thought I would dive into my memory bank and tell you some of the weird twinny type things that Immy and Maddy have done and said…
* when they were little Immy and Maddy would babble in some strange gobbledegook to each other. I could never understand one word but they understood. Everything. One would waffle on about something, the other would say something back, they would point and nod or giggle and then potter off to do the thing they had discussed… like one helping the other up to the top of the telephone table so they could ring 000 (Australian emergency number)!!! Imagine my embarrasment when the phone operator called back and ordered me to stop making prank calls to the service! When I had no idea what she was talking about, she queried whether I had young children.
* When the girls were about four we went up to Queensland for a holiday. Wanting to give the girls choice in what they wore and wanting to encourage individualism, we took them seperately to purchase new swimwear (a holiday tradition). One went with Dave and the other with me. Maddy chose a cute two piece bikini in a nice light blue. Imogen came from her swim shop minutes later, having chosen the exact same costume but in navy blue!
* We would often find after one (usually Maddy) would fall and cut/knock herself, the other would wake up with cuts and bruises in the same place, even though she had not fallen down. This still happens to this day and it happens with Ivy and Noah too.
* Even though the girls are fraternal, when they were about five, I noticed that they had a birthmark, just under their shoulder blades in exactly the same place and in almost the same pattern!
* Imogen was a sicky child and often in hospital. One night, I was at home and Dave was in the hospital with Immy. Maddy came into me very distressed early in the morning. She said I needed to go into the hospital that Maddy was very sick. I calmed her and told her that Daddy would have called if something was going on. I had just settled her when the phone rang. It was David. Immy had become quite septic and I needed to go into the hospital.
I had goosebumps for a long time after that one.
It’s pretty amazing having twins. Now with the two sets, I can see other differences with girl/girl and girl/boy too.
wow - those are freaky experiences with Immy & Maddy. The link was just a good ol’ linky love and I chose twin blogs because well I am biased.I think twin mums rock !! Triplet mums OMG they earthquake.
S & J babble constantly to each other and laugh at each other doing ‘naughty’ things.I can’t wait more interaction.
Comment by Trish — December 14, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
Wow, those twin things are pretty amazing.
I would love to have twins actually.
Comment by Veronica — December 14, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
Twins bah…I want quintuplets
That picture is again beautiful, the sweetest smiles in the world they all have.
Comment by Xbox4NappyRash — December 15, 2007 @ 1:47 am
Oooh I loved reading this!
My girls are VERY identical in so many freaky ways other than that they look alike (well they used to before Zoe knocked her teeth out). As toddlers one would fall over but the other would cry, they too choose the same items in shops without knowing it and they are basically joined at the hip. This year Zoe spent 5 days in hospital without Izzy and Izzy basically shut down for the entire time she was away from her sister!
Twins amaze me and constantly freak me out…. thank goodness I am not likely to ever have a second set… you amaze me!
Comment by katef — December 15, 2007 @ 12:13 pm
Veronica is nutter, but we love her anyway
Actually, I always wanted twins till I was around some, now I don’t know how on earth I’m going to survive my singleton
Twins do have a fantastic connection though. It’s really cool.
Comment by Dawn — December 15, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
I didn’t have twins, but my oldest two were very close. When T. went to school on her very first day, M. spent the whole day lying on her bed because he missed her so much.
Comment by river — December 16, 2007 @ 3:55 pm