by Susanne Brown
I became pregnant with twins in 2002. At the time, we already had four small children, two boys and two girls, ages 2 though 10. During my second trimester, I took all of the children school shopping by myself at a large discount store. They did not particularly enjoy this experience, and all of them were cranky when they had to wait in the lengthy check-out line. The checker literally looked us over and said, "And you are having another one?" I was speechless, and before I could reply, my then 5-year-old piped up to say, "Oh no, she is having two!" I will never forget the lady's shocked expression. I just started laughing out loud.
Susanne Brown is the mother of Rachel and Ariel, fraternal twin girls, now age 5, and their older siblings, Sarah, Sebastian, Naomi and Julian.