Rietz-Style Bios Pour Les Mademoiselles

Candelaria:"Margot." "Margalo." "Claresie." Nativity-obsessed. Candidate for wilderness school. Linguist. Delights in long, languid baths. Hater of turtlenecks and empire waists. Her performance troupe would be called: Camisole Dancing With Mirrors and Flashlights. Ballerina more like Soul Train and less Anna Pavlova. Couch-fort architect. Never met a vanilla ice-cream cone she didn't like. Believes that her Dad hung the moon.

Calliope:"Callio." "Cloe Free." "Teeny Toey." "Pekkis Tekkis." "Clo Clo" "Chula." My almost three-year old baby. Part Mermaid. Was the muse for Thumbelina. Collector of snowglobes. Excels in the art of purse-packing and stowing things in unlikely places. Will graduate from the Davis Moreland University Playgroup in the Spring. Plans to move to New York City when things don't go her way. Will be the undoing of her parent's diligent parenting strategies. Strict cracker-tarian. Is my Girl Friday.