siblings

Luce and Theo love going on walks together. Of course, I’m always trailing behind them as they make up adventures or look for trees to climb when we’re in the woods. At the end of this wood walk Theo saw a bench to rest on overlooking a pond. Luce joined him. Until I reached the […]

Luce and Theo prefer playing games on their tablets sitting next to each other. Often they pause to check out how the other is doing. Sometimes they’re silent and other times they give running commentaries on their progress. Even though they’re focused on their own game, they’re still together. Sometimes we allow them to connect to each

Luce and Theo are fraternal twins. For seven years they’ve been in each other’s footsteps. Before that we’d watch them (I was scanned every fortnight) dancing together or kicking each other. Despite constantly being a pair they are strong individuals. I took photos this month of them standing next to each other in front of a

So last Friday I panicked about getting a photo of Luce and Theo together.  Not to have something of the two of them together for my Siblings December post but for our 2014 Christmas card! Since 2008 – when they were one – I have sent out a Christmas card featuring the two of them.

When Luce and Theo were babies in a stroller, people would often stop me and say, ‘Aah twins!’ Two pairs of big blue eyes would then focus intently on this stranger in response. They wouldn’t laugh nor cry. They’d just gaze in silence until the stranger walked away. They still like to use the double stare