Riley

During the week while Jen and I work, Matthew visits a small daycare with four other children. The child closest in age to him is a girl named Riley who is a few months younger than he is. She is the cutest little girl, wearing her hair in pigtails and often dressing in very girly clothes. Apparently the two of them play together all the time, copying each other, dumping sand on each other. You know, all the things children do with members of the opposite sex. Riley's birthday is coming up and her parents asked her at the dinner table last night what she wanted for her birthday. She looked her mother right in the eyes and said, "Matthew." Her mom laughed but her dad said, "Excuse me?" I guess they have some special connection that we aren't aware of.