The twins have been tricking me. Even though the twins are identical, it is easy to tell them apart. I tell everyone the secret to remember is Matt’s hair is matted; and after that it is easy. However I didn’t realize how reliant I had become on their clothing. Their clothes all hang in the closet and I don’t distinguish between whose clothes are whose. However with Joshua’s strong color preference he usually wears red, and Matthew has picked his favorite stripped shirts too.
A week ago Josh put on a blue stripped shirt, one that Matthew normally wears; and Matthew was wearing red stripped shirt that either will wear. That day we ran a few errands. At the check-out Matthew wanted to buy a Reese’s. However, the week before at the check out he had wanted to buy a M&M trail mix that I had refused to buy. So he opened it, and then I was compelled to buy it. At home he had to pay me for the expensive trail mix—which emptied his cash flow, but I didn’t let him have it. Since I knew that Matthew had no money to buy the Reese’s so I once again refused the purchase. He looked me in the eye, and ripped it open. I was amazed at the defiance. Once again I paid for the candy and didn’t oppose when I saw Josh then hand a package of Skittles to the cashier. At home Matthew was sent to time out which was followed with a long explanation/talk/lecture. Since Joshua was out of money too, I put the candy in what we call the “mommy store”
The next day the boys asked for their candy. Looking at Matthew I tried again to point out his mistake again without going over board on a lecture again. He then said that it was Josh who opened the candy. Now I thought he was lying. Where was my innocent boy? Matthew said that he wanted the Skittles. I asked Josh which candy he bought and he said he bought the Reese’s. Now we go back to the beginning of the story, Josh was wearing a “Matthew” shirt. Twenty four hours later I had no idea who looked me in the eyes and ripped the wrapper just so that I would buy it. Neither twin will claim to rip the candy, but a week later when I let it all pass and they finally had money again—Matthew paid me for the Skittles and Josh paid me for the Reese’s. Yesterday, Matthew put on Joshua’s red pants and a “Joshua” stripped shirt. Maybe they are just getting to an age where they want more variety, but I have come to depend on their clothe habits and they are really starting to mess me up.
Along the twin line, here are some cute Matthew quotes from this past week:
Matthew: Do Samantha and Jacob have the same birthday?
Me: No, Samantha had her birthday last week, and Jacob’s is this week.
Matthew: Then why do me and Josh have the same birthday?
Also he has been using the word TOTALLY if front of every thing such as: "I am totally not going to have a ham sandwich for lunch." I always wonder where kids pick things up, but then when I was talking to Scott the other day I heard myself say totally in a sentence. It was really eye opening; he has totally picked it up from me.
