A few notes about our twins:
Like characters in a children’s book, they say “tok tok tok” instead of actually knocking on doors.
They translate everything from Korean to English for Papi’s benefit. Luca is a puzzle master and also loves to build to spec. Olin gets a kick out of assembling as well, as long as the result looks nothing like the illustration in the product box.
Olin breaks out in song. Luca gets up to dance.
Luca’s color is blue. Olin’s is red.
They call each other “Cuca” and “Ewin”.
When one of them gets hurt, the other rushes in to give comfort.
They stomp their feet like pistons in an engine when they’re upset.
They laugh at each other’s jokes for minutes on end - but nobody else gets it.
They can fight over toys all day long, but they don’t think twice about letting other kids borrow them at the playground.
Luca does a happy dance when he eats his favorite foods; Olin eats them with both hands at once.
Olin is fiercely independent; mischief is Luca’s middle name.
When they see themselves in the mirror, they call out their brother’s name.
When they go to sleep at night, they hold onto Mami, like pilgrims to their prayer.
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Luca and Olin are two years old today.
Olin is a fox, Luca is a lion.