Here is Julia's:
Here is Madeleine's:
Even Madeleine's angels have claw-hands. I also like the fact that Madeleine took the liberty of extending the "name" line when she ran out of room after her third letter.
In other showings of personality difference, today we went into Arlington to have a play-date with our friends Nate and Anja. During the ride there, Julia sat in the back seat silently reading the last chapter of her media book, "Kirsten Saves the Day." Madeleine, meanwhile, sang along innocently to the Simon and Garfunkel songs that were playing on CD, all while wearing her dinosaur mask.
While we were at the play-date, Julia and Nate wound up spending most of the afternoon hanging out in Nate's room, chatting. Madeleine and Anja, however, got wild and crazy playing with a big cardboard box.
MADELEINE: Anja! Let's play "Hide 'n Seek. I mean... let's play Hide in BOX!"
ANJA: Okay!
So the girls literally took turns hiding inside the cardboard box while the other girl looked for her. Anja was great about pretending to look in various alternative places before finally considering the box. Madeleine was too eager to get to her next turn in the box. As soon as Anja called, "Ready!", Madeleine would charge over to the box and rip the flaps open, shouting, "FOUND YA!"
Things got even MORE fun when BOTH girls decided to go in the box together. Especially when Ethan spun the box in circles with both kids inside:
Madeleine was really heartbroken when it was time to leave. She pathetically whimpered, "I want Anjaaaa!" the whole drive home.
ME: You really love playing with Anja, huh?
MADELEINE: Yeah, and it was just SO, SO fun playing in that really great BOX!
Can't beat a good box, man. And once again, I ask: why do we even have toys?? All you really need is a cardboard box, or a sugar bowl, or a toilet paper roll to entertain these kids.
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