Sort of Like Twins
Layla was born 16 months after Axl and after a few years of being the "little sister" they morphed into something like twins. They were the same size from about the age of 2/3 - 6/7 before she surpassed his height and has been the taller one ever since. They reached some milestones at the same time- they got potty trained together, they transitioned from crib to big bed (Axl) and from bassinet to crib (Layla) at the same time. When Layla outgrew her crib, they transitioned into bunk beds together but neither wanted to sleep on the top so they chose to share the bottom bunk. They attended a Montessori school that had the preschool, pre-k and Kindergarden class all together so they both were learning a lot of the same things together. I'll never forget the day they came home from school and Layla was reading books on her own and helping Axl to sound out the letters of the words. Obviously, Axl was walking first because Layla was just an infant. But for a long time, he pref...