On August 3 (yes, that long ago!) we welcomed a pair of healthy twin girls into the world. They are truly delightful. Twins are pretty relentless, because, well, there are two of them. I’m trying to get better at accepting all offers of help and even asking people to help me. This goes against the grain a bit. I like to be Capable Woman.
The good news is, I spoke to my husband, and he agreed to relax the no-photos-of-the-children rule just this once, because, let’s face it, newborns are pretty anonymous. And I’ve taken Mr Knightley saying I can share a photo of the twins to mean pretty much the same as saying I can share several photos. How can I choose between these pics?
In real life, the twins have the loveliest names, honouring both my wonderful grandmothers. In blog life, I still can’t think of what to call them. I was convinced I was having at least one boy, so I had thought about what to call them if I had one of each (Luke and Leia) or two boys (Fred and George), but I never thought of what to call two girls. Can you think of any girl twins in literature or popular culture? Or even pairs of girls? I can’t come up with anything that suits. Sweet Valley High and The Twins at St Clare’s have girl twins but it’s not really a fit, plus I was more of a Babysitters Club/Malory Towers sort of girl. The gumnut babies are actually boys (I know, right?) and using the names Snugglepot and Cuddlepie would get real old real fast. Anne of Green Gables had girl twins when she grew up (called Nan and Di) – but who would know that? And calling them Thing 1 and Thing 2 would just be mean. I’ll just have to think on it some more – if you can think of anything, please, please leave a comment!
Actually, leave a comment even if you can’t think of anything – I really need something to keep me amused at three in the morning!
Laptop on the Ironing Board 