Double lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Choosing Halloween costumes for multiples can be quite a challenge.

Last week, at a Mothers of Multiples club in Park City, Utah, friends and I discussed whether or not our twins and triplets would wear matching Halloween costumes. Many moms who regularly dress their twins alike opted for the matching costumes, while others chose complimentary costumes (like Peter Pan and Wendy), and some opted for completely different costumes. So what's best for your own multiples?

Susan Kohl, author of Twin Stories, a compilation of personal anecdotes from more than 150 sets of twins, and also the mom of 8-year-old identical twin boys, feels choosing costumes differs for every family and depends on children's ages.

"Dressing them in the same costume is cute if they are babies or toddler age, but as soon as they have the ability to make decisions, ask them what they want to be," says Kohl. "If they want to dress alike, that's great (and many do). But my boys were very clear from an early age that they wanted to be something different. They have always had different tastes even though they are identical." At age 3, one of Kohl's boys chose to be a green Power Ranger, and the other was a cowboy.

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