Take the keys and lock her up.

I have NO idea what Jillise has been reading or what she has been watching on TV, but these are two "diary entries" I found on our coffee table yesterday:She is growing up way too fast. I had no idea that six year olds were supposed to have these romanticized marriage thoughts and ideals. I think I am living with Anne of Green Gables! I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

Jillise also has her first loose tooth! She is following in my footsteps and the other tooth is already coming in BEHIND the old one, so she may not have much of a gap to show after this one falls out. She's funny. She thought the bumps from the new tooth were canker sores. She was so thrilled to hear that she may actually make MONEY off of these bumps.

Joelle has also been cracking me up lately. She received a little note from a friend at church on Sunday, asking if she could come over to play. On the back of the note her friend had drawn a picture of their house. Joelle got out of the car after church and held that little drawing in her hand, comparing it to all the homes on our street. She said, "We have to find the yellow house that matches this picture. That's how I'll know it's the right house to go and play." The honest look on her little face was too cute. It's like she was holding a treasure map and she just had to match up the houses and victory was hers.

Not to leave Jaren out -- he is a real charmer. He can say "bye bye" and wave his hand. He will also clap if you ask him to. I think he is starting to differentiate between "ma ma" and "da da," but as soon as I think he has it figured out he calls me "ba ba." We are still working with him on crawling and all that gross motor skill stuff. I keep telling myself that the longer he stays put the easier life is for me, but I don't want to have to be taking him to see a bunch of specialists because he isn't mobile by his one year appointment. My mom is an occupational therapist. I'll have to hit her up for exercises we can do with him.