Video - Twin Sisters Find Out Whether They Are Identical or Fraternal Twins

We just recently wrote a post about twins and genetic testing (http://twinswithtots.blogspot.com/2011/10/adult-twins-perpective-on-being.html).  We video chatted and wrote about whether we would ever consider getting genetic testing done to prove or disprove the belief that we are Fraternal twins.  

While looking into this topic online, I came across these twin sisters who had decided for their 18th birthday to find out if they were actually Fraternal or Identical twins.

They decided to do what we have been considering for years.  The reading of their results was captured on video by their smart mom and was so exciting for us to watch.

Their reaction is priceless and Sooo defines how a twin feels about their twin.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT and we are so happy that these girls clearly got the answer they wanted!  And we also think it is cool that they were able to decide for themselves, as adults, whether they wanted to get genetic testing done or not.

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM!!!!!!!!!

Etsy-made Elegant, classy angel wings for your little angel...STUNNING!

OMG - These are stunning angel wings for little kids.  LOVE LOVE  LOVE THEM.  They are from Etsy story No9DreamLand in Venice, Florida, United States.

The cost is not inexpensive at all but they are the most beautiful angel wings I have ever seen made for children.  

What an amazing item to have for Halloween, a portrait.  And what an amazing prop for a photographer to have in their studio.

GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

Etsy store address - http://www.etsy.com/listing/78174856/childs-costume-wings-sky-blue?ref=v1_other_1

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY -

Did you know these Celebrities had a twin?

1. Scarlett and Hunter Johansson: 
Scarlett Johansson has a fraternal twin brother who is very involved in politics and "holds-his-own" very nicely in "Beautiful People" contests.

2. Patricia and Gisele Bundchen: 
For Patricia Bundchen, it can not be easy being the fraternal twin of to one of the world's most famous super models, Gisele Bundchen.  But it seems that she takes it all in stride.  She is even her famous twin sis' manager, which is pretty cool for her since she gets a percentage of her sister's average yearly earning of $35 million. NICE.

3. Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland:  Keifer's "little sis", by a whole 7 minutes, works as a post-production supervisor in film and television.  She has also been Keifer's assistant property master, grip, and costumer when he has been in films and while producing films.  She has been very supportive of his film and t.v. career.

4. Ashton and Michael Kutcher: 
Ashton Kutcher and his fraternal twin brother are close.  Ashton was born a healthy baby boy while his twin, Michael was born with cerebral palsy and had to have a heart transplant when he was 13-years-old in order to save his life. While Ashton works in Hollywood, Michael continues to live in Iowa and sells retirement plans.

5. Giovanni and Marissa Ribisi: 
Giovanni and Marissa are both actors.  Giovanni is known for his work as Phoebe's brother, Frank, Jr., on "Friends" and Scarlett Johansson's photographer-husband in "Lost in Translation." Marissa appeared in "Dazed and Confused," "The Brady Bunch Movie," and "Felicity".  She is now a clothing line designer and is married to musician Beck Hansen, aka Beck.

6. Jon and Daniel Heder: Identical twins, Jon and Daniel are very close.  Jon is known best for his role in the 2004 film "Napoleon Dynamite". and then went on to star in "Just Like Heaven" and "The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang".  Daniel, also in film work,  has worked as an animator on "Monster House" and is also a partner with his brother in the production company, "Greasy Entertainment."

7. Isabella and Isotta Ingrid Rossellini:
Isabella is a famous model and actress while her sister pursued a teaching career, studying and obtaining her Ph.D in Italian Literature at Columbia University.  She taught at Harvard and Princeton.  These twins come from famous parents too.  Mom is famous icon Ingrid Bergman and dad is legendary Italian director Robert Rossellini.  These sisters have had public disputes in the past over family affairs but seem to have let "by-gones be by-gones" these days. 

8. Alanis and Wade Morissette: 
Alani's fraternal twin is named Wade.  He is also a musician, and plays the piano and guitar and and loves yoga.  He is now a spokesman for lululemon athletica apparel, were he mixes his love of Yoga and music.

9. Jill and Jacqueline Hennessy: 
Both of these sis's are actresses.  Jill in the U.S. and Jaq in Canada. 
She hosts the current affairs show in Canada called "Medical Intelligence." and also has a background in journalism.  In 1988, "Jacq and Jill" (hardi-har-har) were cast in a movie together called "Dead Ringers," where they played twins who were also call girls.
Jaq has also filled Jill's shoes on her show "Law and Order"/"Homicide: Life on the Streets" when Jill was unable to shoot.

10. Vin Diesel and Paul Vincent: Both brothers are in the film business.  Vin is an actor and has starred in many movies including The Fast and the Furious.  Vin is also a film producer while his brother Paul works as a film editor.

11. Duffy and Katy Ann Duffy:Duffy is best know for her soulful singer and songwriter talents.  Her birth name is Aimee Ann Duffy. These twins have a different story then some of the other celebs.  They did not grow up together.  Similar to the situation of the twins in the movie "Parent Trap", these twin sisters were separated when they were 10 years old when their parents were divorced.  Wow is right, although the sisters are in touch today.


12. John Elway and Jana:
Superbowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway had a twin sister. Sadly, Elway's sister Jana passed away in 2002 from lung cancer.  Although she was not a smoker, this cancer still took her life.  Elway has expressed how devastated he was to lose his twin and he described her "as his closest friend and that she kept him out of trouble growing up."

So, we want to know, how would you feel about being the less "known", less famous twin of these duos?

Favorite Twin Videos 10/10/11

Some of our favorite Internet Twin videos...
Those crazy twins - LOL.  We just love 'um.

Which video is your favorite? Is your favorite not here...Share it with us.  We'd love to see what we may have missed!

ONE.ORG - Advocating for the end to extreme poverty in the world 

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ONE ACT A WEEK 10/9/11

I just read a great Book review on the blog Selfish Mom.  It was about the book The boy who Harnessed the Wind. I have heard about this book many times and that it is a very intersting story.  The review talks about how great a story it is in explaining the precarious lives of many African families who are always teetering on the edge of drought which in turn leaves them always teetering on the edge of famine and death.

Here is the link to this book review. I plan to download this book on my kindle today. I think it is time I read a first hand account of the effects of famine, it's causes and the experience of those who are able to survive it.

http://selfishmom.com/2011/10/09/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/


I have also included the video clip Selfish Mom refers to in her blog post that the organization ONE recently released called The F Word: Famine is the real Obscenity as well as the link to her post about her thoughts on this video.  

(More than 30,000 children have died in just 3 months. Mothers are forced to decide who to feed and who to let die. In 2011? That’s obscene. This is complicated, no-one’s pretending it’s easy – Somalia has been without a functioning government for 20 years – but droughts don’t have to result in famine, just look at Ethiopia and Kenya who have preventative policies in place. There are things that can be done, and if we really believe the life of a child in East Africa is worth the same as the lives of our own children, we have to act.)

And as Selfish Mom says in her blog Post..."The best place to start (in order to help)? You can give people the facts and make them aware of just how dire the problem is. Blog it, tweet it, facebook it, share it. Remind the people in  your life that we were unimaginably lucky to be born in a place at a time when our problems are petty compared to much of the world."http://selfishmom.com/2011/10/04/the-f-word/
Join the fight to help end famine and starvation in Africa...www.one.org

Some Twins are livin' large and takin' names in the process (and takin' everyone to the bank in the process)

The Olsen Twins, fashion moguls, are selling a $39K Backpack - And they can't keep it in stock.

We love supporting and sharing good news about other Twin-tastic peeps in the world but this just seems too crazy to us.  

1st crazy: that these fashionistas would even think to make a bag this expensive.

2nd crazy: that people would actually buy it.  Sheesh, the customers are practically tripping over each other to get one of these bad boys.  

Don't get us wrong, this bag is gorgeous.  But $39,000? Woowzer.  And we're wondering where all the animal rights people are.  We would think they'd be standing naked in front of the Twin's design center by now, insisting that we all boycott the company and then calling for the company to stop killing innocent alligators for their backpack production.  

The pack, which is part of the twins' luxury fashion line, The Row, launched in Paris on September 30 as part of a larger handbag collection.












So we want to know, if you had it, would you be willing to spend $39,000 for an alligator backpack in order to be an ultra-fashionista-goddess?

An Adult Twin's Perpective on being Fraternal vs. Identical Twins, and GeneticTesting.

So I was checking out some of my favorite Twin blogs this morning and came across lots of interesting posts.
One post that I read and found interesting touched upon genetic testing.  The author is a mother of twins and was planning to get her twin boys genetically tested to see how similar their genetic markers are.  She was also planning to test their younger sibling as well to see how his genetics compared to his twin, fraternal siblings.
This got me thinking again about whether Becca and I should ever consider genetic testing in order to see how similar we are genetically.  Plus, it could also confirm or disprove our status as fraternal twins which we sometimes question and often wonder about. 
So here's what I think of all this...

Twitter Party and Giveaway Thursday 10/6/11 @ 8pm. Join us!

TwinsWithTots and InfoBlanket's #KidsVolunteer Twitter Party: 10/6/11

Join @TwinsWithTots and @Infoblanket for a fun, informative #KidsVolunteer twitter party!

 

Let’s talk about fun ways to get kids and families more involved with volunteering in their local and global communities.  We want to know how volunteering has benefited your family and we want you to share your tips and advice on how to get kids and families excited about volunteering and helping others in need.

                                                                                                     

Photo 2010: Kids Volunteer their time at a 3k Wounded
Warrior Walk

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• * Hashtag: #KidsVolunteer
• * Be sure to also follow along with Hosts: @TwinsWithTots, @Infoblanket
• PRIZES: 
• * 1 winner will receive a free Information Blanket to keep or give as a gift to that special baby in her life. (The Information Blanket : Blanketing Babies with Lifesaving Info)
• * 1 winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card 
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ANYONE CAN ATTEND THIS INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE CHAT BUT IF YOU RSVP BEFORE NOON on 10/6/11, YOU EARN A CHANCE TO WIN THE PRE-TWITTER PARTY PRIZE.  THIS WINNER WILL BE RANDOMLY CHOSEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 8pm CHAT.

*TO RSVP- 
1. FRIEND CATHERINE COLBY COSTANTINO from www.TwinsWithTots.blogspot.com ON FACEBOOK 
2. TWEET: 

#KidsVolunteer Twitter Party,10/6. #Win a $25 Amazon GC #giveaway or @Infoblanket. Party Details @ http://twinswithtots.blogspot.com/ via @twinswithtots

We will then record your tweet, accept your friend request & add your name to the drawing list.

We are excited to talk #KidsVolunteer ideas and advice with you.

TALK TO YOU THURSDAY NIGHT!


Any Questions-
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THE BIG E AFTERMATH

The image in this picture captures how I feel today after a very fun but VERY LONG day yesterday at the Big E Festival in West Springfield, Massachusetts.  Lots and lots of bad-for-you-but-oh-so-delicious food was consumed and we also did tons of walking and drank far too little water.  All of this debauchery combined with getting home late has left me feeling like a Semi-Truck ran me over, then backed up over me again to finished off the job!

Here is a list of some of the food we all consumed at the Big E...Yes, this amazing feat was accomplished over one day.  Actually, all of this was consumed in ~ a 7 hour window of time.

* Fried cheesecake

* Fried periogies

* Fried, freshly peeled potato chips with cheese and bacon

* Fried dough wrapped around Oreos (like a mini munchkin donut with an Oreo in the middle...(Oh yeah! We went there!)

* Fried Cool Aid

* Fried mushrooms

* Fried pickles

* Many, many fried corn dogs consumed by my kiddies

(Starting to see a cooking-style pattern here?)

* Beef, Venison, and Elk Jerky

* Corn-on-the-cob dipped directly into a vat of butter

* Mini Apple pie

* 2 Ginormous bags of Kettle Corn that were gone before we left the park

* Kielbasa

* Ice Cream x 2 trips

* Maple Syrup Cream served in Ice Cream cones

* Maple Syrup Cotton Candy

* Italian Ice

* Gyros

* Chicken wraps

* Pizza

* Fresh Raspberries (yeah, healthy)

* Pumpkin Seeds in many flavors

* Cannollis filled with cream and chocolate chips

* Golumpkis (Polish seasoning on ground meat stuffed in cabbage leaves)

* Giant Pickles

* Fresh Bread samples

* Whoopie Pie

* Pickled Eggs (I did not eat one of these bad-boys.  Blah and peeee-u!)

*Soda, water, lemonade, apple cider, frozen lemonade, beer (dad's had 2 yummy types each), slushees...

(Loud, inapprorpiate sound heard on other side of computer screen).....Oooops!  Excuse me!


Tell me, what would you have not been able to say "No" to, food-wise, at the Big E?  Did we get one of your favorites?