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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Truly beautiful girls, inside and out

Ro and Ree, I know I tell you a hundred times a day that I love you, and I kiss your sweet-smelling heads every chance I get, but you are just such special little girls. And I am the luckiest girl in the world to get to spend every day with you.

Sweet, silly baby Ree. You are always willing to share anything that you have, and are so generous with your hugs and beautiful smiles. You were the first one to figure out how to swing by yourself, and one of your greatest pleasures is to swing crazily high in your backyard for hours without having to wait in line or get off the swing before you're good and ready. You love to draw and it seems like everything you draw lately has smiley faces on it somewhere. Your drawings are as happy as you are. You adore dancing and music and you love to sing (loudly), especially with your sister. You delight in dragging all of your blankets downstairs and then snuggling up with your whole family and having a blanket party—even just saying the words "blanket party" makes you giddy and squealy with happiness.

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Smart, brave little Ro. You are the first to conquer any new athletic skill, and love to run forever, travel endlessly across the monkey bars, and make up new tricks on your trapeze bar. You were the first to learn how to write letters, and one of your favorite things these days is to staple massive amounts of paper together and then make the coolest books with various pictures and words. You love to sing (just like your sister), and sing so loudly that anyone in the vicinity just has to listen and laugh. You have more patience than any kid I know—the other day you waited almost an hour in line to go on a new roller coaster. All of your friends bailed out of the line after a few minutes, but you were unwavering. And after we finally got on, you turned to me in the middle of the first insane drop and grinned hugely saying "Mama, this is crazy!"

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You both make me laugh every single day. Seriously, how could four-year-olds be so funny? And you have so much creativity and joy. For each of you, your sister is your best friend, and I often think how wonderful it must be to grow up being able to talk with and play with your best friend anytime you want to.

Ree and Ro, I love you.

25 comments:

  1. You made me tear up in the middle of Casey's performance! Love it!

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  2. And they are too precious for words. Sweet,sweet. trina

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  3. Anonymous4/20/2010

    Oh my gosh, this is so sweet and made me cry! What sweet words to immortalize for your girls!

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  4. M3, You bring tears to my eyes and a smile from ear to ear!!! What an amazing love between Mother and Daughters!! You make my heart sing, because I can can appreciate that love! And I am so happy to share that love with my Jillian!

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  5. Your girls are so beautiful and they mirror your incredible love and giving passion of life! HUGS to you and I'm looking forward to a playday sooooooon!

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  6. Crying. Boy do I understand you twin mama heart. What special gifts we have been given.

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  7. What a trully beautiful family, inside and out. They are the reflect of your wonderful upbringing. (And what a great photographer your tuning out to be, M3, well done!!) :*

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  8. Heart warming and beautiful. Love the pictures and how their personalities shine through in them.

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  9. Totally teary eyed here. What beautiful letters to very special girls.

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  10. How absolutely precious!

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  11. I fell in love with your girls long before I started commenting here. In many ways, they remind me of my best friend's twin girls. They are amazing.

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  12. sniff. sniff. blessings all around!

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  13. What a beautiful letter to your girls. You are all very lucky to have each other.

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  14. They will love reading this when they are older. When they are teenagers, you may want to reread it. Hee Hee. They are darling! They make me smile through your blog. That is personality.

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  15. Ro and Ree are so beautiful. They are too cute for words. You are an awesome Mommy and Tuba Dad is a great Dad. I sure wish all the best for your awesome family.

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  16. I love 4. Well, next to the drama and last-ditch attempt to have tantrums, I love 4. So sweet, so genuinely marveled by daily life. By 5, they are bona fide kids, so I'll hang onto 4 just as long as we can (August 15th at this house).

    Thanks for sharing,

    Indiana Lori

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  17. Anonymous4/21/2010

    What a great, heartfelt post with incredible pictures! Thanks for sharing your beautiful girls with us!

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  18. Oh gosh M3, these photos and brief insights into your girls are just incredible. I smiled all the way through those photos's. What a lucky mama you are!

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  19. Anonymous4/21/2010

    As I told a friend the other day upon birth/adoption of our precious children we should take the oath "til death we do part" because a Momma's Love Is That Strong... No matter how young or how old our children are the Love ~~Love~~Love..
    ~~HUGS~~
    Keep on Keeping these posts for your daughters to read when someday you have the blog made into a book for them....

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  20. Anonymous4/21/2010

    Ro and Ree are two wonderful and bright girls I love them !

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  21. Beautiful post mama! Your girls are special and so are you.

    (((hugs)))

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  22. Anonymous4/23/2010

    Crying at work. I LOVE that you love them so much. It's how a mom feels and I am only happy that you recorded it for them and for us.

    Smileyalways.

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  23. What a beautiful post. Brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful glimpse into life with your precious little girls.

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