more conversations........

Charlotte and Ella dumped out our bin of markers and crayons and were laughing maniacally while throwing them around. When I insisted on them picking them up Ella said, "Charlotte, mommy doesn't like laughing."

Later in the day I asked Charlotte to get her coat.
"I shall mommy!" Followed by total loss of body tone and giggles from both of them. For the rest of the day they have answered every request with "I shall, mommy.

Oh, and the dog has been renamed Aladdin.

words and conversations

The twins use the word "twin" interchangeably with the number "two" which I find very amusing.

For example, Charlotte said recently, "Mommy can I have twin cookies, Peas?"
Ella, when talking about blocks said, "CeCe (charlotte's nick name) has one but I have twins!"

The new hot word in our house is "Mys" which, of course, means "mine."
"that's mys mommy Ella!"

The twins talk for about 45 minutes at night before falling asleep and sometimes we'll sit and listen to the monitor. Here's what I heard the other night:

Both girls, , "Ahhhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhhhhh" (Think Ariel singing from the little mermaid which is a well loved music CD handed down by Sydney).

Charlotte, "No, Ella Ariel is mys princess!"
Ella continues singing, "Ahhhhh, Ahhhhh"
Charllotte (the alpha twin): "No, you be Ursula, I be Ariel!"
Ella: "but Ariel is on mys pajamas!!" (which is true).

Both twins (meaning I couldn't tell who): "Throw your pillow and blankies on the floor!"
Which they both did.

Picnic

The twins have always been poor eaters (hovering around the 5th percentile despite hard work on our part!).

Having a picnic with their favorite dolls was a great temporary fix - they wanted to show Jessie how they ate like big girls.