Today Caleb, Joshua, and I went to hang out with Marianne and our first order of business was to take the boys to Roy Roger's for lunch. As we approached the counter, each carrying a baby, the cashiers exclaimed "awww!!! twins!!! etc." Marianne ordered first then went to sit down with one of the boys, then I ordered, and my cashier said "So, you're their nanny?" And I politely explained that no, I was actually their mother, and went on to explain that the boys look like their father. Considering how often I find myself explaining this, it sure is tempting to dye the boys' hair or get them some tinted contact lenses or something...
Then something happened that has never happened before. While we were eating, a fellow diner kindly retrieved a spoon Joshua had thrown on the floor and asked us how old the boys are. We replied, "7 months." She looked surprised, saying "oh really, they both are? How neat!" And Marianne was like "umm yeah, they're twins..." And the lady went on to say how adorable they are, and talked a while about her own grandbabies. Then as she was leaving she congratulated us both. What? She must have thought Marianne was joking about them being twins. So today officially marked the first time someone assumed Joshua and Caleb were not twins! Good grief, people usually have a hard time believing us when we tell them they're not identical, so for this nice lady to think that Caleb was my son and Joshua (who ironically looks more like me than Caleb) was Marianne's son was totally off the hook! They were wearing non-matching outfits today, but still! We just had to laugh!
Anyway, after lunch we went swimming. The boys stayed in the pool for a whole hour! It was lots of fun! We really need to go swimming more often.
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