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If you look very carefully at Mia's tummy you'll see a tiny little toy mouse tucked into her blanket. She slept all through her nap like that.

The picture is dim, but one day as Mia sat trying to go potty she decided to play a little hand held video game from a McDonald's Happy Meal. She sat there forever before she realized we were watching and taking pictures of her.

And yes, apparently Mia found it necessary to use about half a roll of toilet paper to clean up after a successful visit to the bathroom. The water in the bowl was completely gone -- just to give you an idea of how much is really in there! Unfortunately, this was not the first or last unraveling we've discovered.

For a while Amelia had this obsession with Lauren and Katilin's Care Bear collection. Everywhere she went in the house the almost dozen little Care Bears had to come along. She always knew when one was missing. At naptime they all had to be lined up and tucked in right along with her.