Twins Q&A

Pushing a double stroller attracts a lot of attention, and I can't seem to go anywhere with Madeline and Eli without all or some of the following question and answer session taking place...

Q: They look so close in age. How far apart are they?
A: One minute.

Q: Oh! Are they twins?
A: Yes. (Duh.)

Q: Oh, infertility? (With a pitying look.)
A: No, just the opposite actually!

Q: How cute! Two boys?
A: No, a boy and a girl. (I restrain myself from pointing out that Madeline has a big hot pink bow in her hair.)

Q: Are they identical?
A: No, it's a boy and a girl. (I restrain myself from the biology lesson that is in order.)

Q: What are their names?
A: Madeline and Eli.

Q: Oh, how cute. I love the name Eli. Who is older?
A: Madeline. (And, is Madeline not a good name, too?)

Q: By how much?
A: One minute. (I restrain myself from pointing out that I have already answered this question.)

Q: Oh, but he's bigger? I thought the boy was the oldest.
A: He's a boy. He's supposed to be bigger.

This is usually followed up by the questioners trying to get M&E to wave bye-bye to them, which my children do not do. Instead, they get a blank stare. Now, should I have the above Q&A made into some sort of pamphlet to hand out to everyone or would that be rude? Honestly, I don't mind this constant back and forth so much. When I have time for it, it's actually kind of amusing. And, I love the 80-year-old women who stop me in the grocery store to tell me about their boy-girl twins they had when they were 40, bless them. I'm glad God blessed us with our pair while we are still young and somewhat energetic!

Popsicle Man

Here is a video of Eli trying a popsicle for the first time. Madeline wasn't very impressed with it and crawled away. Eli enjoyed it...

Here is a picture of Eli after the popsicle was gone. I believe he wanted another.

Bathing Beauties

It has become an almost daily ritual (save for stormy days) for Madeline and Eli to play and/or bathe in the baby pool. They love it. That water gets quite warm out on our deck, so M&E like to go au natural for their daily dip. I've had to go pick up some new pool toys in the past few days because we've gotten bored with our old ones. Ahhh, the (not so) lazy days of summer!

We also have a little blow-up pool. However, it is impossible to contain my children in it, so it has been converted to a blow-up mattress, which provides loads of entertainment in our basement...

And, now he's off!

The Rooks family is now 100% mobile. Eli crawled for the first time yesterday!

(Commentary provided by Madeline.)