my favorites

these two are getting along really well lately and play together better than they ever have before. i love it. 

both of these girls love to read and spend a lot of their time surrounded by books. when the house has been quiet a little too long, it is almost always because they are sitting by the bookshelf in their room, reading quietly to themselves. much nicer than when it is too quiet because of mischief. 

even though madeleine can't read yet, she's turned into quite the story teller and "reads" books to rachel and diane. she's usually pretty close to the actual words, especially on the books that we read all the time.