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I'm asked this question quite often..."Which of the girls is easier?". I really enjoy it, because it implies that one of the girls is easy and the other is easier. I think the question would be posed more accruately "Which one is more difficult?", but I guess that's just semantics. My standard response to the original question is always "Whichever B is looking after" and his response is the exact opposite. We usually say it with a laugh, but I think there is a lot of honesty there. We both naturally assume the other is on a cake walk while we're struggling away with "the less easy one".

Weekends are much easier than weekdays and we get more quality family time. After a long workday, the patience is a little thinner, the tantrums are a little more frequent, the whining is a little more piercing, and everything is just a bit more hectic. I honestly wouldn't say either one is dififcult, but I'm certainly not crazy enough to say either one is easy!

Being just a year apart can prove to be interesting when Annabelle can do something that Gwyneth just isn't quite ready to do. Apparently we forgot to tell Miss GG that she's only one and just not old enough to drink out of water bottle yet. Although Annabelle has mastered the skill, Gwyneth has not, but she certainly wasn't going to be left out. To answer the above question - I'd say Gwyneth was a bit "less easy" than Annabelle this evening....

We opened gifts from the Carlson boys this evening just in time for Gwyneth to soak herself. I took her up for a bath and Annabelle got to enjoy her new dress-up dolls all to herself.

And what the heck, since Gwyenth wasn't around she helped herself to Gwyneth's ballerina bear puzzle too. It pays to be able to keep the water in the bottle instead of all down the front of you!

Thanks Jack and Ben for the Christmas gifts. The girls love them!