“It allows me to share something as a proud parent of them without infringing on their privacy at all,” shared the Oscar winner

Julia Roberts on April 18, 2022 in New York City. PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY

Julia Roberts rarely shares pictures of her twins, Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter, but she chose to publicly celebrate their 19th birthday.

“It is something to be celebrated, and I know Instagram is a place where people like to share happy things,” Roberts, 56, told Extra.

“I love them so much and I really did just happen to come upon this cute picture,” the Pretty Woman star added. “It allows me to share something as a proud parent of them without infringing on their privacy at all.”

On Nov. 28, the Erin Brockovich Oscar winner shared an old photo of Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter as infants, sitting in her lap.

“✨✨19✨✨ There are no words for the joy, the fun, the wild rumpus of life together 💕,” she captioned the shot.

Roberts also shares son Henry Daniel, 16, with husband Danny Moder.

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Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder on January 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.  KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY

During the Extra interview, Roberts was joined by Mahershala Ali to discuss their upcoming Netflix film, Leave the World Behind. The upcoming film chronicles a technology mass failure during a world-ending disaster. But Roberts admitted that being stuck in the house “with kids and no devices” actually “sounds like a good time” to her.

She explained that her children aren’t dependent on technology, but she misses the period in time “when you couldn’t get ahold of people, or they couldn’t get ahold of you.”

“I think of a family coming together at the end of the day, and you actually have things to talk about at dinner because you haven’t been in contact all day long a hundred times… or a busy signal.”

Julia Roberts on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.  PRESLEY ANN/GETTY

Roberts also shared brief insights about her family life with Hoda Kotb in a Today interview on Monday morning.

“I have an immense amount of appreciation for both of my older kids because they still allow me to be the same mom to them and it’s not eye-rolling. There’s a huge amount of understanding,” she said.

“I parent them the same way out of the house that I parent them in the house. Which is, ‘Are you getting enough sleep? You sound like you’re sick. Are you drinking tea?’ And, ‘Text me when you get home so I can see that you’re safe and sound.’ ”

Appearing on CBS Sunday Morning last year, Roberts opened up about cherishing her family life and taking a different approach to her career in recent years.

“The life that I’ve built with my husband,” the Ticket to Paradise star said. “The life that we’ve built with our children. And that’s the best stuff. … The point is to come home at the end of the day triumphantly to them.”