These Girls

These girls. Sometimes, they fight. About what TV show to watch, who gets to sit in the very back of the van, who ate the last package of mini muffins. Sometimes, they get mad at each other and stomp their feet. Sometimes they get frustrated and exclaim "it's not fair!". Sometimes, they yell. Sometimes, they slam doors. They've even been known to hit/bite/pinch each other.

Shocking, I know.

But sometimes. Sometimes, these girls are pure sweetness. Sometimes, they are so in sync with each other that my heart feels like it will burst out of my chest watching them together.

These girls. These girls are sisters.

The Last Laugh

Scene: Jason and girls waiting in mini van while I run into store to buy a baby gift.

Claire, whining: Why do we have to wait in the car? It's so boring.
Claire, whining louder: I don't want to sit here. It's booorrrring.
Claire, whining even louder: This is sooooo boooorrrrriiiiiinnnnnggggg!

Arden: Blah, blah blah....

Claire: Stop it it, Arden.

Arden: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Claire, whining: Stop it, Arden.

Arden: I not crying.

Claire: Well, you pee in your pants, AR-den.

Arden, passing gas and laughing: I just bookied.

His and Hers

Yesterday at the grocery store a lady approached me and asked if my girls were sisters. When I said yes, she exclaimed, "I can't believe it! They don't look anything alike!" I just smiled and nodded politely. "Yes, they do have different features."

She went on and on about how she'd never seen two sisters look so different and look! one has blue eyes and other brown! And this one has blonde hair and that one brown! It's so strange!

I considered telling her they had different dads, just to shut her up, but was afraid Claire would repeat it--probably in Sunday School.




***for the record, they do have the same dad.

Sisters, Sisters

I am currently loving watching my two girls really become sisters. The fighting, the hugging, the shrieking, the giggling, the pushing, the kissing, the biting (Arden), the hair-pulling (also Arden), the chasing, the imitating, the dancing. All of it. All of it is cementing their bond as sisters. And I love it.

I could do with a little less shrieking though.