No, I'm not pregnant with twin girls...though I kinda wish I will in the near future. LOL~ Anyway, Two Girls is a brand in Hong Kong since 1898! I love their Living Rose Cream (雪花膏). It's the same cream that my dad and his siblings used when they were kids.
Micah's eczema was really bad the past two days. I tried eczema cream, Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Moisture Cream, and Aquaphor, but none of them worked. My mom suggested the Living Rose Cream that my dad bought me last winter. I'd only apply it on the boys' face thus far. So after bath last night, I covered him with the cream, and he was so much better this morning!!! Significantly!
After service was Easter Egg Hunt! This was their first egg hunt! They're all ready with their baskets; Elias could hardly wait for uncle Vic to say 'Go.' They 'hunted' quite a few. I didn't know what they'll do with all the candies inside. Thankfully, they're more interested in the plastic eggs than candies. I wondered how many more times we can get away with that :P
I also prepared Easter baskets for them at home. Instead of candies, I filled the eggs with different kinds of cereal and crackers. Well, I did put chocolate bunny, ladybug, and bee in their baskets. But they didn't know what chocolate was yet, so instead of eating them, they were playing hide and seek with the ladybugs and bees. The bunnies got squished...
Gamma and Gampa (Hubby's parents) and Yiyi were here, and we had a nice quiet afternoon. After dinner, hubby left for his business trip. The boys didn't care too much. To them, daddy was just going to work. Well, they were right...sorta. Being his first time away since the boys were born, it was very hard for me. Some of twin mommy friends whose husbands go on business trips all the time. I felt for them. It's not an easy thing! But just like any other things in life, you just do it!
Life with Twins (Here is one Twin Mom's "Top 15" list of questions. I get these questions all the time, I am still amazed by people. ) I stole this from a fellow twin mom who stole it from another twin mom :) I added some comments :P
15. "I could never do it." Oh really. What would you do? Would you put them on the curb with signs around their necks that say, "Free to a good home. My mom can't do it."?
14. "Do they have different personalities?" No. They are the same human being divided into several parts.
13. Said by a stranger, "They're identical, right?" Mom answers, "No. They're fraternal." Stranger response, "They are NOT!" OK. You're right. I have no idea what I'm talking about. These are not my children. I thought it would be fun to borrow them from a mom down at Baby Gap. It's been more than an hour. I guess I should return them. (Elias and Micah are identical btw)
12. "Are they 'paternal' twins?" Yes. They have a father. There was only one virgin birth.
11. "Just wait till they're older. It only gets harder." Thank you. I woke up this morning hoping I'd receive a word of discouragement while pushing a cart of preschoolers down the cereal aisle. (I actually heard the other way around)
10. "When one cries, does he wake the others?" No. Multiples cannot hear each other's cries because they all communicate with their special telepathic language only.
9. From a perfect stranger: "Were they in the same sac?" Hello. Nice to meet you, too. Will you be sharing your gynecological history with me as well?
8. "Are they developmentally behind?" Well, let's see. They're 2 years old and thus far, all their graduate school applications have been denied. We'll get back with you on that.
7. "How do you do it?" Haven't you seen the Nike commercials? (This is SO true.)
6. "Are they natural?" Nope, their arms and legs are made of silicone.
5. "You must be SO busy." Are you volunteering to clean my house?
4. "Did you take drugs?" Well, there was this one time in college.... (does claritin count?)
3. "What do you do when they all cry at the same time?" Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I go to Starbucks.
2. Said to a mom of boy/girl twins: "Are they identical?" Uh. Not exactly.
And No. 1. Drum roll please. . . .
1. After a stranger had been informed that the toddler boys were twins, she asked a simple question:
Elias and Micah have always looked different me to the moment they are born even thought they are supposed to be 'identical.' I have to say that some days, they look more alike. Other days, they look less alike. Today, I happen to mess them up a lot in front of the bathroom mirror when I wash their hands...and they have different shirts on. They look like each other and not themselves in the mirror. Do you know what I mean? So Elias looks like Micah and not like himself, and Micah looks like Elias and not like himself! Crazy huh?!?! I blame the coffee that I didn't get to drink this morning.
To those of you who still can't tell them apart til this very day, don't I make you feel better today? LOL~
