I like to take part in Jennifer Miller’s fun meme from her Twin Happy blog – Twin Tuesday.

Twin Tuesday QOTW: What Are Your Favourite Warm Weather Activities With Your Twins?

• Playing in the garden – The girls have plenty of outdoor toys to keep them busy: swings, slides, trampoline, seesaw, sand pit, playhouse, etc.  We also have a huge lawn for them to run about and play.  Our pet bunnies also live in our garden.  The girls love to spend time with them, feeding them, petting them and talking to them.  They also enjoy helping out in the garden, by planting seeds and watering the plants and flowers.
• Going for walks – We’re lucky enough to live in beautiful Stirlingshire in Scotland.  We have a river and country paths near our home, and we like to spend time walking and exploring, taking photos and spotting plants and creatures.  When the girls were babies, I enjoyed going for walks along the riverbank, pushing their big heavy twin pram.  This was great physical exercise for me, helping to shift my baby weight.  It was also good for my mental well-being.
• Feeding the ducks – We like to visit country parks to feed the ducks and swans with our leftover bread.
• Going for a bike ride – I like to take the girls out on their little bikes.  They enjoy cycling along the paths near our home.  We usually go over the river to the neighbouring village to buy drinks and snacks from the little corner shop, then we have a wee rest before heading back home.  The girls are quite competitive, and so like to race each other.  Their little bikes still have stabilisers on them, but Hubby and I are keen for them to learn how to cycle without them soon.  I’m ashamed to admit that I cannot ride a bike.  I really want my girls to be proficient cyclists.
• Visiting the swing park – Even though we have outdoor toys in our garden, the girls still love to visit swing parks.  Their favourite parks to visit are: one in Stirling (not far from the hospital), with a tall helter-skelter slide and a fantastic climbing frame; one in Palacerigg Country Park in Cumbernauld; the adventure playpark  in Callendar Park, Falkirk.

The Big to Separate or Not to Separate Debate

My non-identical twin girls are just finishing their first year at primary school, and they are in the same class.  I was asked what I would prefer before they started and I requested that they be in the same class but different groups.  They are actually in a P1/2 composite class, where they share a class/teacher with older kids.  If I had split them, I would have had one girl in the P1 class and one in the P1/2 class.  I didn’t think it fair that one would have (what I see as) the advantage of mixing with, and learning from, the older kids.

In their first year at nursery they were in the same group, but the following year they were split into separate groups.  This didn’t go down well initially, but they ended up thriving in their individual groups.

As someone who was picked on at school for wearing glasses, I feel comforted that my girls have each other as they go through school.  As it happens, my girls seem to be very popular, not just with their classmates, but also with the older kids.  Long may that continue!…