Two to Tangle

To continue my Sunday with the grandkids, I can't forget to mention the twins. At 18 1/2 months old, the girls are growing by leaps and bounds. Already, the baby fat is starting to slip away. So they're a little taller and a little thinner and no longer look like babies. They too love art. I spend much of my time with the girls drawing for them on their drawing boards. Baby1 will say, "Here, draw."  Baby2 will say "draw dog" or "draw car." Those are her favorites. I draw an assortment of things, dogs, cats, cars, houses, flowers, trees, birds, butterflies, an elephant. They repeat all the words except for butterfly and elephant. They'll save the harder words for later. The only new "big" word they learned on Sunday was "bubbles." And they danced around singing "bubbles, bubbles."

Now on to the "two to tangle" part of this story. It turns out the twins got in trouble at preschool earlier in the week. They got into a knock down, drag out, cat fight. Apparently both were kicking and scratching and each one ended up with a scratch, hence the "green slips" that were waiting for their parents when they came to pick them up at the end of the day.

In explanation, the twins are very competative with each other. If one has a treasured toy, the other pulls it away. Then the other pulls it back and that usually results with some shoving or maybe a kick or two. The tussel is pulled apart and a few words of "you need to learn to share" and "don't push or kick your sister." The response is always sweet little smiles and sparkling eyes. Yeah right, they'll pick up where they left off later. So this is a constant thing between the twins at home. After the tussel they end up patting each other on the head or hugging. The next thing you know the two have their heads together and they're working on the same puzzle or playing with their Little People or blocks together.

At school, the teacher says the girls are very nice to the other toddlers and never push or shove or kick anyone. They only fight with each other and only now and then. I imagine this sisterly competition will continue on through their school years and into adulthood. I have two aunts who are also identicle twins, and they say they're the best of friends, but still argue with each other to this day. Since I don't have a twin, I'm rather envious. I would really love to have a twin sister to argue with now and then.