Jenna Bush Hageris respecting her twinBarbara Pierce Bush‘s decision to take family planning at her own pace — despite the opinions of her own children!
“My mom always says people get their babies when they’re supposed to,” says Jenna, 37, noting that she’s “not trying to put pressure on” her sister, even though Barbara “wants children soon.”
In the meantime, Barbara is getting plenty of bonding time in with her nieces and nephew. Aside from being the first Hal’s first visitor at the hospital after Jenna gave birth in August, she hasbecome a bit of a crafting queenin Poppy and Mila’s eyes.
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Jenna Bush Hager (left) and Barbara Pierce Bush at Hager’s home in 2019.Brian Doben
From left to right: Barbara Pierce Bush, George W. Bush, Jenna Bush Hager and Laura Bush.
“[Jenna] would prefer we be as clean as possible, but I think the role of aunt is to ignore that and have as much fun as possible,” Barbara jokes to PEOPLE. “So I bring candy, we make cookies with icing and sprinkles and we make glitter slime — and then I leave!”
“I’m the one that has to clean up the glitter mess,” Jenna laments, saying her preference for the messier crafts is that they be outdoors rather than inside. “I’m the glitter cleaner, which is not a fun thing to be.”
Jenna Bush Hager and her kids.Brian Doben
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Barbara and Jenna are currently on a tour promoting their new children’s bookSisters First, which kicked off on Nov. 11 (the same day as Jenna’sreturn to theTodayshow from maternity leave) in New York City. The nine-stop tour wraps up on Sunday in Naperville, Illinois.
And while they “still share a room” when they travel together, the twins are “very different” personality wise aside from having “the same sense of humor” — and still as tight as can be.
“Watching us fall in love with each other, my mom [Laura Bush] was so thrilled about that,” Jenna tells PEOPLE of her relationship with Barbara. “[My mom was] an only child, and there’s nothing more special than having a twin sister. We’re so, so close.”
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source: people.com
