What is mine is mine, what is yours is mine.

The twins have no concept of what it means for their parents to be celebrating their wedding anniversary. All they knew was that Mom and Papa disappeared for 2 days and that there was cake to be had. And the latter more than made up for the former.

The twins love cake. Possibly because this health nut mommy doesn't give them much of it, especially after seeing how the kids of other people buzz and vibrate on the spot after being given too much sugar. But more than them loving cake, they love blowing out the candles that sit atop the cake. We encourage this because we know they'll need to do a command appearance of that in less than a month's time for their birthday.

So, Packrat's parents, bless them, bought us cake to celebrate our anniversary. But really, it was more for the children and we wouldn't have wanted it any other way. We were trying not to burst our sides laughing while the two valiantly struggled to blow out all six candles and at the same time, raining a whole lot of germ infested spit onto the top of the cake.




And then, as usual, the inborn knack that siblings have to annoy the heck out of each other, was in its full glory for everyone to see. Some people have told me Jordan is a fiery little girl (a.k.a. chilli padilet) and she shows it here too. No qualms about taking what is not hers. Thankfully, Evan like his father isn't all that keen about cake and was pretty much nonchalant with Baby J reaching over to get some cake after finishing off her own. He gave her the cursory swipe but generally figured it wasn't a battle worth fighting. The girl wants cake, let her eat cake.



Their different ways of eating cake also tell you a little bit more about them. Evan can be a clown, but is also downright serious and for a two year-old has a remarkable ability to focus when he wants to. Baby J, well, she's just Baby J. She will engage you in conversation, show that she's having a time of her life and at the same time reach over and take your food without missing a beat. The girl gets what she sets out to get. No two ways about it.

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