mantha x 25,000

here are some - only a very small fraction, I tell you - of the pictures that have been taken recently of our girls. So we will give your hearts a little photo feast of samantha, who alternates between saying "yesssss" to every question, or saying "nnnnnno". She can always manage to say "nnnnnno" when we ask her if she is tired or if she wants to sleep, but sometimes answers incorrectly "yesssssss" when we ask her if she wants a flick on her hand for being disobedient. She's a sneaky little character, I tell you, but she's so dear (when she's not whining for mama!) and when she blathers out her baby imitation of "I love you", well...your heart smiles. So, here she is, in all her mantha-ness: