Claire and "Coco"

As most families do, our family uses nicknames on occasion. Over the past 19 months we have found ourselves calling Claire, "Claire-Bear", and Chloe has been "Clo-Clo" or "Coco." A few weeks ago we discovered that Claire calls Chloe "Coco" on a regular basis. Also, when Chloe sees a picture of herself she identifies it as Coco. I am now wondering if this will stick and our precious little Chloe will become a Coco. This morning, Daddy (Mike), jokingly said to Chloe, "Oh, hi Cuckoo-Cuckoo" and Chloe responded immediately...."No! Coco!" We sure laughed at that. Chloe calls Claire "Sissy" much of the time.

It was a fun week, as usual. Below are the girls playing "Ring-Around-the Rosy", their own special version. They are, as everyone says, little sponges at this time of life. I noticed today as I read nursery rhymes mostly to Chloe, as Claire played near by, that each time I paused at the end of a phrase Claire would throw in the final word to the phrase. Not only was she multi-tasking already, :):) it was amazing to me all that they have absorbed that we haven't even realized.

In the pictures below the girls interact with Papa in a couple of different ways. Here they are both holding on to a pen and "writing" with Papa's help.

And....they love to unfasten and fasten Papa's shoes and take them off, and are very fascinated by his orthotic that he wears on his leg as well. On this day they got his orthotic off too. As you have probably guessed, Papa is pretty much game for anything when it comes to Claire and Coco.

Some sisterly smooching. I love it when they hug and kiss each other. There is nothing more precious. Usually with lots of giggles.

Mommy and Daddy got a delivery this week. Never mind what was in the box...the box provided hours of fun. They colored on the outside and enjoyed lots of time inside the box.

Sisters holding hands in the stroller on our walk....

This last little clip is a game of bumper cars in the kitchen. Lots of fun!!