The twins turned TEN on Tuesday. I cannot believe that it’s been a decade since I uttered these completely stoned words, when my mother and sister arrived at the hospital in Baltimore at 2 am…..”We get to keep them and take them home with us, too!!!!”
I’m still trying to recall what I was so damn happy about!? Just kidding! It’s been an amazing ride, so far, watching the boys grow into their own distinct personalities. I’m thankful, now, that I wrote their names on the back of EVERY picture we took of them.
YOU knew that was Will on the left, right? (09/2002)
We’re celebrating their birthday next weekend with a getaway for the four of us, to Great Wolf Lodge (indoor water theme park), but we had some fun on their actual birthday, too.
Two hours at That Bounce Place and Burger King for lunch (equals two 10-year-olds in an activity coma for the afternoon….nice)
Post bouncing….coin operated massage chairs at That Bounce Place?? Go figure.
As I’ve mentioned before, this summer has been a bit of a “moody” one for boys…..here and there, they seem to be struggling with thinking they are about to get their driver’s licenses (they’re not!) or are still the kids that have twenty stuffed animals on their beds (they do!).
This “confusion” resulted a some teary drama (I thought girls were supposed to be moody?!) over what they wanted on their birthday cake (for a family gathering at Grammy’s). We suggested Pokemon — they flipped out — “too childish!” — even though they still play with the cards a few times a week. We suggested Mario and Luigi — “NO WAY!” — again, they spends hours a week with these “guys”.
We settled on “nothing” but balloon and sprinkles, and they left for a weekend with Grammy — with Scott and I picking them up and enjoying cake and ice cream on Sunday. Lo and behold…..Mario Brothers “action figures” had been added to the cake…..
I didn’t say a THING.
squirrel circus 
Good choice on the cake. I could have sworn that was on the right or was it the left? I’ll bet if they got fake mustaches for their birthday they could maybe get away with driving.
That picture always makes me laugh.. first because they look so identical and second because they look like they were really chubby AND from some Mediterranean country — when they were actually really thin and relatively pale…go figure.
That’s funny – same w/my daughter but when you plunk them down it’s like they kind of squish into little pudge balls.
I think they look like they could be on The Sopranos…
How did you tell them apart when they were little?
That’s another reason that picture is kind of odd. They only looked identical when they were asleep! 🙂 Will was two pounds lighter than Evan, and they both had such different mannerisms and facial expression that we were never actually confused. 😉
is no one else going to make the joke that you have two sons, each named graco? hello? is this thing on? LOL….
Love. That.
Ha!! I wouldn’t have even noticed it except that you mentioned writing their names on the backs of the photos. So, then when I noticed the name I thought, “Huh…she named her kid Graco. And her other kid Graco.” And then I realized I was an idiot.
That’s okay. You’re our kind of idiot 🙂
Happy day! Huge milestone.
Thanks!!!! Can’t believe it myself 🙂
Happy Birthday to the twins!
And Oh My, they’re totes identical! Mirror reflections of each other. Couldn’t tell them apart! =O
Thank you!! 🙂