(An earlier version of this post originally appeared on Work It Mom / Milk and Cookies; I’m in the gradual and painstaking process of moving a number of them to this site.)

The twins turned six last week and WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY TINY NEWBORN TWINS ARE SIX!! it was a fun party. [Now they’re eight. EIGHT.]

 

At our house, 6 is the age for allowances, so the biggest hit was probably the piggy banks with the first allowance inside.

Decorative Piggy Bank. We got $10 ones from Target. I brought the twins over to the display of banks (there were a ton: metallic solid colors, white ones with flowers or polka dots, pigs dressed up in various costumes) and asked them all casual-like what their favorite pigs were, then went back and bought them later.

 

One of Elizabeth’s favorite gifts was a Hello Kitty tutu dress from my parents. She wore it two days in a row after her birthday, and changed it only when I said I’d put it right through the laundry and she’d have it back soon.

My parents also gave her a Hello Kitty playset, but I can’t find it online. It was from Target, and it’s the little art studio that can be set up with other playsets to make a village. It was particularly fun paired with the dress.

 

Edward’s favorite gift was Super Mario Galaxy 2, which he’s been pining for ever since he heard of it.

 

We also gave him a Hexbug Nano starter set.

 

And my parents gave him a red Razor scooter.

 

We gave Elizabeth an assortment of Hello Kitty things: a 5-pack of nail polishes, a single polish that had GLITTER in it and came with a Hello Kitty necklace, and a 3-pack of Hello Kitty bracelets from the Target dollar section.

 

We also gave her a pair of earrings. We bought them from Piercing Pagoda, and they’re the kind they use to pierce ears with: I like to have her wear one pair all the time, and not have to mess around with daily earring-changes at this stage. So I like the piercing ones, because they “lock” on, and because they’re meant to be worn long-term. She likes this too, because she likes to wear earrings but hates having them changed. In fact, she hasn’t let me put her new ones in her ears yet.