(They may look like their father but they have my wanderlust) I will spend my money on an adventure though. I am more than happy to oblige because the last thing I really want to spend my money on is two hours at a trampoline park or have twenty kids in my house for the afternoon. We are in their sixth year of birthdays and as they get older they are wishing for more experiences, not traditional birthday parties. It really depends on what they want and what they tell me they want. Some years we have had separate themes, and some years we have had separate cakes. In this house it’s not just another birthday, it’s a celebration of our family, their uniqueness, and it’s two birthdays. I worry for weeks leading up to the actual day about plans, details, presents, and activities. I spend hours decorating the house the night before so when they wake up in the morning, the house is transformed into Alex and Ben’s birthday spectacular. First and most importantly because as preemies, each year they grow bigger, stronger, smarter seems like it should be celebrated like a royal wedding and second because I never want them to resent sharing their special day with each other. When my twins were born I made kind of a secret decision to make a BIG deal out of each of their birthdays. If you are keeping count that makes, four humans and two birth dates in my house. My Halloween birthday is now purely about sugar highs times two and praying that I get to bed by nine. Especially not now that I am older and no longer celebrate like I used to.
We get joint cards, joint gifts, and joint phone calls throughout the day. Turns out, he was in fact, born on my birthday. I thought, not as special as Halloween and when he said October 31 st, I made him show me his driver’s license. When I met my husband we were trading fun facts about each other he excitedly mentioned he had a special birthday. There were so many costume parties, places to visit and excuses to celebrate, ME!! It felt like the entire country was celebrating me each year! And honestly, is there a better day of the school year than Halloween? Candy – check, Costumes – check, No Homework – Check! It was great! As I got older the parties got bigger and by the time I was in my twenties, I was celebrating my birthday for the entire month of October. My birthday was always a little extra special growing up. See, I understand a little bit about that bittersweet feeling some multiples feel sharing a birthday. I feel bad that they don’t have one day that is extra special just for each of them like I did growing up. It makes me sad that my twins share a birthday.
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