Well guys, the fight is over and Noelle has won.  From here on out, you will see lots of mismatched and out of season clothes.  Noelle is officially dressing herself.  

Noelle has entered the world of beanie babies!  I collected them growing up and am so glad I now have them for the girls to play with.  Noelle puts all of the bears, birds, dogs, cats, reptiles, monkeys, insects, etc. together in separate categories, and she’s really learned a lot about animals.  We talk about how the animals are alike and different and go look up the "real" animals on google images.  Her favorite to learn about so far was the parrot.  We talked extensively about their colors and the fact that some of them can say a few "human" words — this fascinated Noelle.  I had no idea these silly beanie babies were going to end up being so educational.