Could they be...

any cuter?  I know, they are my kids, I'm supposed to say that...but there are just some days when they are so much cuter than others!  Yesterday, was one of those days.  Riley had her first grade picture taken yesterday.  She had originally chosen this outfit that was so wrinkled, you could barely make out what print the shirt had on it.  So, I axed that and said, "pick something else."  

Well, I didn't really look at it until she had it on and told her no way.  The skirt was the same wrinkled skirt she had previously picked and the shirt, well, it just wasn't what I would have picked.  BUT, rather than get into a fight with her about the outfit, I said, "okay, it's cute...although I wish you would wear this (pointing to a solid colored shirt.)"  She had a disappointed look on her face, and wanting to not have her be all puffy-eyed from crying, I just went on to say, "oh Riley, you'll look beautiful in whatever you wear.  You made a good decision.  I like what you picked out."

Reverse psychology baby.  

She immediately perked up and said, "No momma, I wanna wear what you picked."  I responded by telling her, "no baby, just wear what you picked, it's adorable."  She then insisted, strongly, that she wear what I picked telling me that, "Momma, I love what you picked, I WANT to wear it."

Well, after she put it on, I told her she made a great decision and that the outfit SHE decided on was perfect.  She was happy because it really sounded like SHE made the decision and in the end, I had her wearing what I wanted her to wear.  Mean?  

Anyway, I didn't get to snap a picture of her wearing it, but I did manage to take a bunch of pictures last night at home.  

This is the two of them posing together...when I told Ronan I wanted to take a picture of him standing with Riley, he pleasantly obliged.  I couldn't believe it.  I even got a picture of them hugging, if you can believe that!

And here he is hugging his doggy from Build-A-Bear.  No, I didn't get one for him yesterday. This is the same dog that Riley talked me into getting for Ronan because SHE wanted something and I refused to buy her something without getting something for Ronan.  After that trip, I vowed to NEVER go to that store again.  Cute and all, but man, too expensive.  And all they do is throw them around....