Combining fashion and function ... she marched downstairs and told me she had to wear the leggings to protect herself from the sun.  (Yes, we left the house with this ensemble intact.)

Maddie is more of a nut with food than Maren.  These poor girls are going to be relegated to all-you-can-eat buffets when they start dating.

"I cut it in half" ... spoken by the person in our household who is currently potty training.

We're four hours into potty training and we're dry.  This accomplishment is not a result of Maren mastering the task ... it's a result of her simply not going.

Mom. Dad. Maren. Maddie. Archie.  We all napped (at the same time) today.  There are no words to describe this event.

We have a rock star in the house.  She wears a collapsible dog water bowl for a hat, uses a golf club for a microphone, and has some serious mixing skills.  Did you know one song could include lyrics from "BINGO," "Down by the Bay," "Pop Goes the Weasel," Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

Two of a kind ...