A Little of This, and a Little of That

I've been racking my brain, trying to determine a post topic, and haven't had much luck. Could it be that there's nothing of note to post? Or maybe it's due to a sleep-deprived five months. (I think it's the latter, to be honest. Forming cohesive, coherent thoughts are a bit challenging these days.) So, just some random bits from our lives as of late.

LEAH: "It's kind of like... (fill in the blank)". She uses this phrase regularly, and we're not sure where she picked it up. What's funny, is when she uses it to make a non-comparison, like when describing her pink Barbie Jeep: "It's kind of like pink."
  (A note about this Jeep. Leah loves crawling on and playing in it, but she refuses to drive it. She'd rather Hunter "drive" it. Scott's been encouraging her-- when it comes to driving-- and he's making some progress, but she's not quite ready to venture out on her own. Is this a sign of what's to come when she's 16?)

Her imagination is taking off, too. Now we're often story or movie characters. As of this morning, I've been Cinderella AND Duke (from the Diggingest Dog). (For the record, she was the Fairy Godmother AND Sammy Brown.) Last night's roles took a new twist:
  Leah (to me): You be Cinderella, and I be the Fairy Godmother.
  Me: Who is Hunter?
  Leah: He's the Cat in the Hat.
  Me: Who's Daddy? Is he the prince?
  Leah: No, he's Scott (giggle, giggle).

 Generally speaking, I think Hunter resembles me more than Scott, but in this photo, I definitely see his daddy.

*I'm so thankful that I have at least one child who cooperates for photos these days, and no, it's NOT Leah. Trying to take her picture is like trying to walk a cat. Neither one cooperates. Go figure, then, that when my dad was taking pictures of Leah and her cousins in their Christmas pajamas for my parents' Christmas card, Leah was all smiles, and so cooperative. As soon as I tried, though, she immediately reverted to her too-busy-to-pose self. *sigh*