Double Happiness

Today (22 Sept 2008), Celestine and Tristan both muttered their first 4-syllable sentences and they were:
“bon-jour pa-pa”
“al-lo mum-my”
“al-lo ko-ko”

Until yesterday, they could only go as far as 3 syllables, mainly for food items:
“ba-na-na”
“po-ta-to”
“pa-pa-ya” (which Tristan insisted until very recently was “Pa-ya-ya”)

It’s also interesting to see how their communication improves as they realize language can get them what they want. The most striking example so far is the word “UP”. We have a rather tall bed which the kids cannot climb on their own; we do however carry them on it in the morning so they can play with the quilt. Nowadays, if we are slow to take them up, they would come to the side of the bed and firmly say “UP”, to which we must comply and take them up. “UP” is also used:
1) when they want to get out of their playpen
2) when they want to be taken out of their feeding chairs

The unstoppable human urge to communicate is well on the way, we look forward to all the conversations to come.

What’s great about having twins is that they learn from each other. This means they progress faster than singleton because they benefit from each other’s experiments and experience. The problem is, they learn everything from each other, both the good and the bad. Case in point for the bad, the finger in the nose. We don’t know who started it, we just know they thought it was funny to do it at the same time

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… are obnoxious parents who keep telling you their kids are the most gorgeous in the world. For us, it’s especially irritating because we happen to know who the cutest really are: Tristan and Celestine. It’s a bit shameless of course, but indeed in our case, it happens to be true, hahaha. So here is a little tribute to our little Apollo and Aphrodite, feel free to “Hooo” and “Waaa” in the comments