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TwinWatch News: Canada’s first IVF twins turn 25; 50 years of marriage for twins married on same day
Sweet! Twin sisters Grace Stokes and Elspeth Hall, 70, had a double wedding and are now celebrating their 50th anniversaries. They even received a letter from Queen Elizabeth because of their special story. My favorite part of the article: Elspeth said: “We did think we might have separate ceremonies as we wanted to be married…
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TwinWatch News: Twins in anorexia research study; twin hockey stars; triplet gardeners
Research using twins and other multiples contributes much to the understanding of human behavior. (You can read my interview with a University of Southern California twin researcher here on BeTwinned.com.) This news story gives an example of a pair of twins who are participating in a National Institutes of Health study about eating disorders and…
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TwinWatch news: Same classroom legislation in Georgia; new test may reduce number of IVF multiples conceptions
Whew. Be sure to check out this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about Georgia’s legislature debating a bill that would allow parents to have a choice about putting twins in the same classroom. Don’t miss the comments underneath the article for some fascinating glimpses of ignorance in the electorate. Here’s an example: Wow. A state law for…
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TwinWatch news: Twins pair up for charity; Valerie Plame a twin mom
I love this Tallahassee Democrat story about Florida State twins, both medical students, who started a charity drive called “Share a Pair.” They collect shoes to send to needy children around the world. And, in other news, it turns out that Valerie Plame is a twin mom! I cracked up reading this blog post about…
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Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Lucy Richards
Photo from Amazon.com Review by Sandra Horning A few years ago when my sister-in-law was in London she bought my older son Night Monkey Day Monkey. The book instantly became a bedtime favorite and now my younger son loves it too. Julia Donaldson is well known for The Gruffalo, which you can easily find in…
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Twins in school: My always-together girls
My husband and I took our three-and-a-half year old daughters to a little “play date” session at a local private school. Really, of course, this play date was an admissions event. Already, I have a number of reservations about applying to private schools. I grew up going to public schools, and overall, I got a…
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