Cabin Fever

This is one of those days when I really wish the girls were not twins. They have been bickering all day. It's cold again (-10 degree wind chill). It was even colder yesterday. We haven't been out much, so they are wearing on each other -- and me.

I want to just yell, "Stop aggravating your sister. You're older. You know better." The problem, of course, is neither one is really older. They are just ten minutes apart, and developmentally they are in the same place.

They are four-year-old twins who have spent nearly every moment of the past three days together. Even a few hours at school today wasn't enough of a break. They are bickering all the time about everything. When I try to separate them, they both cry, "I want to stay with my sissy."

Instead we bring out new games, let them finger paint until their clothes are destroyed, and read stories. This too shall pass.