BLUE RIBBON TWINS

Four months old! That's how old my twins were when they first started competing in the twins contest at the fair. Now there's not much to it...so don't get too impressed. There are two catergories: most alike and least alike and there are different age catergories. Now twins are becoming quite the epidemic because of this fun little pill called clomid...so fraternal twins are poppin out all over the place. *BIOLOGY LESSON #1* Fraternal means two eggs popped out of a mothers ovaries and they both got the magic. Identical means one egg..splitting into 2 babies (AMAZING) after it got the magic. So least alike (fraternal) is the more difficult catergory. Now people don't usually dress them alike and boy/girl twins don't always have the advantage. It seems to always be the same 3 white-haired judges year after year (God bless em) So, the kids file up there, try to stand still next to their twin (now this is really difficult enough..because they love to bug each other and fight) Then they have to be patient and wait for the emcee to walk around and ask everyone their name and where they're from and what their favorite thing to do at the fair is. Try doing this when they are 2yrs old...all the kids are up there runnig around and crying. So Ryan and Emily have never gotten placed...just a "participation ribbon" I even dressed Ryan in a Cyclone(gulp,wince) outfit and Emily in a Hawkeye cheerleading outfit on year..thinking that was pretty opposite...but still..no placing! SO this year I was teaching Tiny Tots and my beloved sitter and now friend, Crystine took them to the contest and by golly..they WON. She said that they answered the question differently than everyone else. The question was..."What are you most excited about doing at the fair today?" Well I guess everyone answered the big yellow slide (except one pair that were crying and said they did not want to be up there) Ryan answered..I want to eat a funnel cake and Emily answered..I want to eat the elephant ear. So I guess food answes "Take home the cake" so to speak. Or maybe our love for fair food is being passed to our children. :)