funny girls

It's been a little while since an update. This is how I seem to roll: a burst of blogging, a long silence.

In case you haven't been around, our girls are funny. I think so, at least. Riley regularly cracks me up. Recently, she's been test-driving different names for me. The last three or four days, I've been "Mom" instead of "Mommy," and today, inexplicably, I became "Mama." Every time she subs another name in for Mommy, I can't help but laugh. It's not because these are inappropriate but because she says them with the air of someone who is highly clever and creative. Really, she's quite proud of herself.

She's a little chatterbox now, that one. And she has definite "likes." She likes macaroni and cheese. Any time (and I mean ANY time) I ask her what she would like to eat, she volunteers macaroni and cheese. And she prefers the easy mac Velveeta, in case you're needing specifics. She likes (though it's more like LOVES) Pixar's Cars.

She has been allowed to pick out some fabrics when we hit Jo-Ann's or Hobby Lobby. Guess what she chose.

red flannel Mater and Lightning pants

a little Cars peasant top

...and a Cars pillowcase dress

Then, when we went to Sonny Acres, she actually got to ride in a car! Wow! She told us that this one "looks like Ramone." :)



Here's another one of Riley's habits: lining things up. Not a day goes by when we don't have a line of cars and trains. Sometimes, I move one-- just a little; it doesn't go over well.


Noelle is also a little character. She's saying "Mamamamama" a lot and loves to clap and wave. Oh, and bounce. Bouncing's always a winner. She's taken to screaming (in joy), too. And she has an EXCELLENT indifferent face. See?

She can crack herself up, too, though. But really, no one makes her laugh like Riley does.




Really, we are so blessed. Both girls are such sweethearts. We like 'em. Don't you? :)