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Five things about the girls:

Angela

1. She has a tendency to overexplain, or over-adjectivize; not sure how to characterize it. But she often says things like, "I'm the kid pretending to be a nice princess who likes wearing blue!"

2. She has caught the prayer bug. She loves to pray. Whenever a prayer is being said, she eagerly volunteers herself, although she may not say the typical things and even though she closes by saying "and the name is Jesus Christ" instead of "in the name of." I don't think that any child has ever expressed so much gratitude for flowers, stars, and butterflies.

3. She likes to have books read to her, and then she will repeat what was read as she turns the pages. Sometimes she likes the entire book at once, and sometimes it's a page at a time. She has memorized a few books this way.

4. Snuggles fix anything that's wrong. She can never have enough. Her philosophy of life is "I love everybody!"

5. She is extremely sensitive to scary movies or cartoons. For example, she doesn't like the tense moments of Mariposa, the new Barbie Fairytopia installment. She will either hide her head under a pillow or leave the room if the music gets too suspenseful or the darkness grows on the TV.


Elizabeth

1. It's easy to slip into superlatives with Elizabeth. She is the smartest little girl I've ever known. She taught herself to read and write, and she is a fantastic artist. She knows what mammals, marsupials, ungulates, and monotremes are. She also can tell you what dihydrogen oxide is better known as, as well as its three states.

2. She frequently makes up her own songs. Sometimes she uses existing tunes and her own words. Yesterday in the bathtub I overheard her singing a lovely, introspective, non-animal version of "Old Macdonald" in a minor key.

3. She was recently caught after a cupcake-decorating party, putting frosting and sprinkles on the skin of her apple.

4. I once told her "you don't know if you like it until you try it." She took it to heart, and is quite adventurous about trying new foods.

5. She loves her family. She tells us several times a day.