Mee-see and Mar-ree

Mercy loves to spend time with her BFF Amara. They're really cute together, especially when they hug and hold hands. Mercy pronounces her own name like "Mee-see" and calls Amara "Mar-ree" (rhymes with starry). Mercy always wants us to tell her a story about the adventures of Mercy and Amara and we made up a song about them, too. In November Mercy and Amara and their mommies took a trip to the Noah's Ark exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center (a museum) in L.A. They were a little scared at first, but then had fun playing with everything. The whole exhibit is interactive and has all kinds of stuff for kids to do. We'll take them again when they're a little bit older and they might enjoy it even more. Mee-see and Mar-ree have many more fun adventures ahead of them. (SS)

Knott's

Mercy took her first trip to Knott's Berry Farm with Mommy, Grandma, Grandpa, and cousin Ben. She wasn't sure what to think about such a big Snoopy!

Grandma was a good sport to go on the rides with her.

She finally gave in to her nap, but was too stubborn to lie down and fell asleep like this: