Three Little Stories*
One.
A few days ago, I arrived quite early to pick the girls up from preschool and witnessed one of those moments I can't stop chuckling about. All the kids had been outside for recess (which for L & M translates into a family reunion hug-fest). Suddenly, the teacher yelled 'Duck tails and bubbles!' and all the kids scrambled into a line and whipped out these poses. Apparently, the hands behind the back=duck tails and the mouths=bubbles keeps them busy enough that there is no shoving or talking. What a brilliant move, teachers! So comical to see twenty kids doing it, but you know the next time I am transporting large quantities of children I will be so ready.
Two.
Then today after setting another round of PB & J in front of the twins, they reminded me we forgot to say the lunch prayer. I was feeling guilty while I folded my arms and waited for them to say the prayer then all of a sudden two little voices start singing (to the tune of where is thumkin nonetheless):
Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus
For this food, for this food
And our many blessings, and our many blessings
We love you, we love you
Did I mention they were also holding hands around the table? It was all I could do to keep my composure long enough for them to finish the song. It looks we are reaping the benefits of sending our kids to a Bible-based Preschool!
Three.
The other moment worthy of note happened during Madelyn's show and tell. We were scrambling the night before to try to figure out what to bring and she finally settled on a family picture. She selected the one we had done at Christmas of the three girls and off she went. The next day I asked how show and tell went and Madelyn hesitantly said,
"Good...but we didn't know which one was me."
Oh Madelyn, I'm so sorry I said, kind of wondering if I should be laughing or crying. Apparently, the picture had Madelyn's entire class in a debate over which one was in fact Madelyn and--ultimately settled on London. I tell you this mother of twins thing gets me every time. I thought it was so obvious!
Note to self: when your fraternal twins look so identical they can't tell themselves apart in pictures, a label would not be a bad idea!
*This post may only be interesting to grandmas, and perhaps L & M circa age 16 looking through the hard copy of the blog, nevertheless it is my duty as family historian to record all Barlow vignettes.
A few days ago, I arrived quite early to pick the girls up from preschool and witnessed one of those moments I can't stop chuckling about. All the kids had been outside for recess (which for L & M translates into a family reunion hug-fest). Suddenly, the teacher yelled 'Duck tails and bubbles!' and all the kids scrambled into a line and whipped out these poses. Apparently, the hands behind the back=duck tails and the mouths=bubbles keeps them busy enough that there is no shoving or talking. What a brilliant move, teachers! So comical to see twenty kids doing it, but you know the next time I am transporting large quantities of children I will be so ready.
Two.
Then today after setting another round of PB & J in front of the twins, they reminded me we forgot to say the lunch prayer. I was feeling guilty while I folded my arms and waited for them to say the prayer then all of a sudden two little voices start singing (to the tune of where is thumkin nonetheless):
Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus
For this food, for this food
And our many blessings, and our many blessings
We love you, we love you
Did I mention they were also holding hands around the table? It was all I could do to keep my composure long enough for them to finish the song. It looks we are reaping the benefits of sending our kids to a Bible-based Preschool!
Three.
The other moment worthy of note happened during Madelyn's show and tell. We were scrambling the night before to try to figure out what to bring and she finally settled on a family picture. She selected the one we had done at Christmas of the three girls and off she went. The next day I asked how show and tell went and Madelyn hesitantly said,
"Good...but we didn't know which one was me."
Oh Madelyn, I'm so sorry I said, kind of wondering if I should be laughing or crying. Apparently, the picture had Madelyn's entire class in a debate over which one was in fact Madelyn and--ultimately settled on London. I tell you this mother of twins thing gets me every time. I thought it was so obvious!
Note to self: when your fraternal twins look so identical they can't tell themselves apart in pictures, a label would not be a bad idea!
*This post may only be interesting to grandmas, and perhaps L & M circa age 16 looking through the hard copy of the blog, nevertheless it is my duty as family historian to record all Barlow vignettes.
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posted by Leslie at 5:53 PM
6 Comments:
I loved the stories and pictures! Thank you for sharing them with us! Duck tails and bubbles, indeed
Oh dear! I hope Madelyn wasn't too upset and not recognizing herself. That is cute. I love the stories, I think you should keep sharing them.
I got the clothes, thank you!!! They are perfect and I can't wait for the baby to dress up.
Oh Leslie...my girls are always asking me who's who when they see pictures of them together. I hope that someday they'll figure this out! I'm glad your girls are the same way so I don't feel so bad!
LOVE it! You know they look so grown up in all of these photos, do you think that as soon as we send them to school the change is that instant? It seems so. I think that those teachers are totally brilliant, I wonder if that would work at my house?
There was a little family in our last ward that had their son enrolled in a bible school as well, and let me tell you he had some pretty great moments when it came to public prayers, I can't wait to hear about all the fun things that L&M will be talking about from school. Doesn't it seem like you were just putting them in little pumpkin costumes that were too big, and now look at them. So darling.
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William's wife is a fraternal twin as well, and they look exactly alike. They get a kick out of showing us pictures and seeing if we can tell which is which. So don't feel bad, they'll find it amusing eventually. I love the chocolate t-shirt. Grandma LaRue will be so proud!
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