A few funny things:

I read the girls a book tonight about a town’s celebration that included a pie-eating contest. I explained to the girls what it was. A said, "I’d like to have a pie test. And then if my tummy hurt after, I would make it stop by rubbing it."

I have a new t-shirt bearing the name of a blog I enjoy called Mommy Needs a Cocktail. A asked me what a cocktail was, then said, "I don’t like that word."

M told me the other day, "I want to give you lots of kisses tonight because I have a birthday soon."

Tonight we were discussing what a beard is. (There were also beards in the book that had the pie-eating contest.) I was trying to think of who we know that has a beard. I couldn’t think of anyone, so they starting naming the guys in my office. "Chip?" "Patrick?" No, no beards.

M has gotten quite good at her new scooter.

A likes to spend long periods of time pretending that she is someone or something else – a doll, a baby, a duck, a cat. It’s fun for about 15 minutes and then it gets a little bit annoying because she won’t answer basic questions like what she wants for dinner or whether she needs to use the bathroom.