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These big girls are THREE years old!
 

When I was pregnant with twins, every other twin parent I met said it got easier after age three. I think we're starting to see evidence of that being true.We still have some of those crazy "twin" moments where everything spins out of control, but a lot fewer than we used to.

The girls had a great day on their birthday. They went to the Children's Museum with WAPA, and in the afternoon they had a family party.
Zahra requested a monster's Inc cake, and Penelope requested a Dora cake. Moin made the cakes himself - didn't they turn out great?

They were thrilled

Zahra actually ate her cake. Penelope just fed hers to the Dora who was on the cake.

The girls got some great presents this year, and some wonderful cards from friends and family far away. They loved their necklaces and purses from Grandma Amy. For some reason, Penelope insisted on only wearing underwear for this portion of the party.

Zahra in particular really enjoyed the Dora plates and cups from WAPA.

They really loved their headlamps from Quinn.

Finally, the girls had their 3-year-old drs. check-up the day after their birthday. Here are their stats:

Penelope
Weight (28lbs, 3 oz; 23%tile)
Height ( 3'1", 43%tile)

Zahra
Weight (29lbs; 32 %tile)
Height (3' 1.25'; 49%tile)

From the eye exam, it appears that Penelope will need glasses soon, but their dr. said we could probably just wait until next year to do that. 

Happy birthday P & Z. We are so proud of you!