Seeing Double: Seven

Thus we enter the time of the year when we have two seven year olds! Irish twins, Miriam and Vivian, "enjoy" about a month of being the same age. At least one of them generally likes being as old as her sister. The other one...doesn't. This year wasn't as bad as last. 

Smiles!!!

Chatting. So much chatting. Girls talk. And talk. They just talk so much. Over each other or one at a time. Sometimes at the same time on purpose.  Miriam and Vivian's signature move is to look at each other and say, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" And then they try to say the same thing at the same time. Occasionally this works. Often they aren't "thinking what I'm thinking." But it's still makes us smile.

And they boss. Some people boss more than others.

They tell secrets. Some people love secrets.

Happy Sharing Seven, big girls.

Vivian is Seven.

Vivian was six...here she is on her LAST day as a six-year-old. There was a last-night-we-tucked-in-six-year-old-Vivian. 

She woke up SEVEN. For her birthday treat at school and her birthday cake she requested vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting. And sprinkles, of course.

This was not surprising. The girl enjoys the white carbs more than most...rice being her #1 choice. And breakfast cereals. She eats them twice a day - breakfast and after school snack. Rice crispies (rice theme!) are her favorite. But for her birthday meal she chose corn dogs, mac and cheese (from the box, NOT homemade!), and broccoli. 

Then she went on her birthday date with Daddy a few days after her actual birthday. To Cracker Barrel so that she could spend a bit of her birthday money in the store after their meal. She bought a stuffed unicorn named Pixy.

Other notes about seven year old Vivian: She is smart. So so smart. She speed reads! Says math is her favorite subject. Adores her teacher. Does not enjoy coloring just for the sake of coloring. Likes to watch Wild Kratts and Arthur. Has a sharp tongue. Wants to be warm! Often prefers to play alone and can get pretty grouchy if she's interrupted by her sisters. Loves to share long stories, real or made up. Barbies are her favorite toy and she sleeps with her stuffed dog Woofster at night. Isn't a morning person and sleeps in later than the other three...we have to drag her out of bed for school.

She's a tiny power house...all muscle, running or hopping everywhere she goes. Viv's probably going to be shorter than Miriam and Felicity when they're all grown. She's fearless, doesn't mind dirt, can make Simon laugh just by looking at him, doesn't care what she wears and sometimes even puts her clothes on backwards. She has her own way of considering the world, categorizing, and asking questions. We just love every bit of her.