Amber: I may only have two teeth, but that does not mean I can't eat blueberry pancakes.
Amber: And just because I'm eating them now does not mean that I won't try to steal Daddy's when he wakes up. Because I totally will.
Chloe: Yeah, he's a pistol that way. I find that if Mommy is watching you, she actually will let you eat a fist of sand before stopping you.
Amber: Well, I guess I drew the short straw. Mommy was letting you MARINATE in the stuff and I just wanted a small taste.
Amber: I think I slept through that.
Amber: Yeah, he's like the freakin' PBS channel... always trying to sneak stuff in while we're not looking.
Chloe: Well, I started counting for him to help him out, but when I said, "1, 2, 3, 4, 9" he grabbed his head and built a 5.
Chloe: Yeah, I just love her. Hey, where was Uncle John?
Amber: I think he was working that day.
Chloe: What a sucker.
Amber: Yeah.
Chloe: When Mommy told me at the end of the trip that we had to leave, she explained that Aunt Diane and Uncle John had to go back to work and she asked me if I knew what people worked for and I said, "To buy me nice things."
Amber: What did Uncle John say?
Chloe: "Well, that's accurate."
Amber: LOL!
I don't remember the individual prices on the rest of this stuff, but nothing was more than $3 or $4 and many were $2. The Friends DVD set was $5. Pretty cool, no?
I used plain pancake mix (we like the Aunt Jemima wheat mix). For the feet and beak, I used the compote I made Friday night consisting of white tangerines that were about to go bad, cinnamon-sugar, water and a pinch of nutmeg. For the tummy, I used the cherry yogurt that Chloe insisted on getting the day before at Starbucks and then didn't eat. For the eyes, I used two of the black cherries for the yogurt.
Chloe was completely delighted when I made it. And then, she ate the eyes and the wings. She came back 15 minutes later and enlisted my help in cutting up the body of the bird... and ate about 2 bites. She refused to try my compote. Sigh.
At least, the picture is cute.
Amber: What is all this?Chloe (glares): I see that you were dressed as "baby that doesn't walk or eat real food." Again.
Amber: Yeah, but I do swim! I overheard Mommy the other day say that I wasn't ready for Water Babies class with you because I didn't like the water.
Chloe: That's true. She said that.
Amber: Well, I won't lie... I also want one of these ducks! 
Chloe: Thanks to the good people over at the "Fun Things to Do with Your Kids in Delaware County" blog, Mommy took us to the Linvilla Orchards Peach Festival on Saturday.
Amber: I mean, this was worth leaving home for, all by itself.
Chloe: OINK OINK
Amber: HA HA HA HA. I mean, I know it shouldn't be *this* funny, but you are my sister and a piggie. At the SAME TIME.
Amber: Let me just see... I want to touch... how is this possible? Chloe AND piggie at the same time...
Chloe: C'mon, Amber, there's more to do and see... Mommy still has to go spend all her money on peaches and pies and stuff in the market and then I'm going to go dance.
Amber: Dance?
Chloe: Oh, yes... after all...
Chloe: It's fun to stay at the Y - M - C - A...
Amber: This is Da-Da. My Daddy. Ddddd Da-Da.
Amber: This is my big sister. I will probably say her name next because she is my FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD. She's big and pretty and she has cool toys and she can make this funny noise with her lips that always makes me laugh and she sings to me and makes faces and shares with me and tries to sneak me Pez when no one is looking. I just love her! So, I'm sure that I will say her name next.
