Yes, growing up I was the third wheel. Amber and Heather moved in sync and beyond the capacity of normal "friends". My grandma called it twin power, which I enjoyed on the merry-go-round. They would push me, and sometimes Travis, until we were sick or screaming because we could barely hold on. The twins just smiled triumphantly speaking mind and eye twinspeak.
A couple of days ago Skip sent me a link with twin boys babbling a deep discussion. They gesture and mimic each other, pause, listen, answer--everything any of us do when advising a loved one. It's emphatic. My first thought was it couldn't be real. I run social skills groups every week and we really push for a hint of the engagement and awareness that these video twins have. The video twins can't articulate but they communicated to each other clearly. Then I thought of my sisters and concluded the video was real.
Skip and I laughed and joked that Amber and Heather did that and would understand it. I emailed it to my mom and sisters. Here are their responses:
It does to me. I' not sure about the twins. Isn't that fun---
Happy Easter. Love Mom
Yes it does - and i know exactly what they were saying. Amber
Memories? Of course. And it should come as no surprise you that I knew exactly what they were talking about......Heather
I'm not saying that my sisters were wearing matching green capris, white tank tops, blue flowy shirts and baubles on their wrists as they typed those lines, but I also wouldn't be surprised.
You can watch the twin phenom at:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/twin-baby-boys-have-in-depth-discussion/20dj32ji
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3 comments:
Adorable video, and did Heather tell you what they were talking about?
Kim, she did not...
Weird......but not as weird as the time we went shopping together and kept coming out of the dressing room wearing the same thing at the same time.(insert Twilight Zone music)
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