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Happy Birthdays
Creating Unique Celebrations for Your Twins
By Teri Brown
Rubin believes that including the children in the party planning gives the kids the opportunity to feel important and allows for more individuality. "There are subtle ways to incorporate each child's personality or likes into the party, from selecting a special cake or icing flavor to the color or print of the napkins," says Rubin. "These subtle differences make it special for each child."
Having both children help plan the party also helps with compromise in the case of two very different personalities. For example, one can select the invitations, while the other can select the thank you notes. "Simple things like this really give the individual child ownership and pride and the true sense of having a birthday that is focused on them," says Rubin.
Kendeyl Johansen's young twin boys were not amused when they received one gift for both of them to share. "One year my boys received a few larger presents together that people expected them to share," says Johansen, of Park City, Utah. "This was hard for my toddlers, and they didn't understand ... both thought the present was 'mine!' I ask guests to please bring inexpensive presents for both ... family and friends have responded well to my request."
This goes for cakes as well. If a family member offers to bake one, ask that they bake two – one for each twin – or you can offer to supply the other one. This will reinforce to everyone that the twins are individuals, not one child.
As far as what you should give your children, Stacy DeBroff, author of Mom Book: 4,278 of Mom Central's Tips – For Moms from Moms
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