25 Things

Remember a couple of years ago when writing "notes" on facebook was all the rage? Remember the challenge to come up with 25 random things about yourself in one sitting? Well I thought I'd take my own spin on that idea and share with you 25 things that are different about my daughters. I know they are fraternal twins, but before they were born I was really freaking out about mixing them up! One of the most common questions to me still is "can you tell them apart easily?" The answer is totally "yes," and now you too will know my secrets!

I will start with some purely physical traits.

1. V is blonde and L has dark hair.
2. Their skin tones are different; V has an olive tone (like Daddy), and L is pale white!
3. They both have blue eyes, but V's stayed the bright baby blue while L's turned a dark grey/blue.
4. L's nose is more narrow than V's.
5. V has a longer face shape (like Mommy), and L's face is heart-shaped.
6. Their hairlines are different! When they were about a month old L went totally bald on top and now she is still missing some from above both eyebrows (like....shhhh).
7. L has a cleft in her chin!
8. V has dimples in her cheeks!
9. V is taller and generally bigger.
10. Even though she is smaller than her sister, L looks more like a michelin baby with her arm and leg rolls!
11. Their feet are different. V has my feet, which I didn't think were weird, but apparently our big toes are significantly larger than the rest of our toes, which are skinny and longer than most other people's toes.
12. The best physical difference? You can't see it as much now, but when they were born they each had one ear that was pointy, like an elf ear. For V is was her right ear and for L it was her left. :)

Now on to the personality, or personal choices differences.

13. V has discovered her thumb, and will not take a soother, L loves her sookie.
14. V rolls over as soon as you put her on the floor.
15. L tries to sit up no matter what. She does some fabulous crunches trying to will herself up!
16. They both have a baby-alive doll that laughs when you squeeze her belly, and I bought them both princess dolls (Rapunzel for V, and Cinderella for L) when we were in Edmonton. V loves her dolly, L loves her baby!!
17. If I am not vigilant with the hair elastic, V loves to grab fistfuls of my hair and squirm around!
18. L loves to grab my face. Mostly my lips. She may be trying to shut me up.

The last section is for special noises. Boy do my daughters ever sound different!

19. V says "Dadadadadadadadadadada." L says "Ah-daDEE ah-daDEE!"
20. When happily playing on her own, V sounds like an owl. "Whooo whooo whooo oh oh whooo."
21. You know in that Shrek movie when Snow White starts singing the Led Zepplin battle cry? That's what L sounds like when she's happy.
22. When they are not so happy they sound just as different. V has a crack in her cry where her voice suddenly goes up an octave in every breath. It makes her sound like a song bird. L just cries the "typical" cry.
23. V has a fake cough. It's been genetically passed down to her from her great grandfather who loves to play tricks. You may have heard of him? He turned 80 the other day.
24. L sings. It's so cute. She'll sing when we're walking, or she's rocking, or falling asleep.
25. V has started to squeak when she laughs. L still has the silent baby laugh. I can't wait to hear both of them LOL! :)