personalities

the twins' personalities are starting to come out. and they totally make me laugh. 

a couple of days ago, we were sitting around in the living room and i can't even remember what exactly sparked it (whatever it was, it was minor), but i think paul took something from baz and baz got this pouty look on his face and looked at the ground. i laughed because it was so dramatic. and he looked up after a few seconds, and then looked back down and i said "aw, he's totally faking!" but it continued . . . and continued.

and then i said, "maybe he's not faking..." and just about the time i thought for sure he was really kind of upset, his head snapped up and with a twinkle in his eye he grinned a huge baz grin and giggled. yeah, he totally fooled me. and paul, i think.

he's done this before too. always with a distinct air of humor, like he can't wait to see our faces when we get the joke. i guess he thinks it's funny to pull one over on people. maybe he will be a prankster? or an actor?

and tonight, we had french toast for dinner. paul put the syrup on their food over at the counter so they didn't see it. so of course, they wanted syrup. but once we said the prayer and everyone started eating he seemed to forget about his desire for syrup and started eating like everyone else. i think he forgot temporarily because i put some cinnamon apples on his plate. so after the apples were gone he went to eat the french toast and remembered i guess. and after a few minutes i looked over at him.

and he had his elbows up on the table and his hands sitting on his fist as he looked at the table rather forlornly. and i said "freddy, what's wrong?" and paul, having not forgotten about his desire for syrup said "he wants syrup probably." i probably wouldn't have thought of it myself. so he pushed the syrup my way, and sure enough as i picked it up and opened the top he got smiley...and then giggly.

now this may seem like the same thing, but there was a key difference. baz was faking it for a laugh. freddy was not faking it at all. he was really quite sad that he didn't get syrup apparently.

but both incidents made me laugh. these guys are funny . . . and trouble. i love watching their personalities emerge though. I'm having so much fun with twins. :)