Family resemblance.

I stayed with my sister and her family from August 9 through October 23, minus the 2 weeks that I watched the house and dog of  Mary Ann and Paul, Doug's sister and brother-in-law, while they were out of town getting married and on their honeymoon. During the first few weeks of my stay, Finnegan pointed out some similarities between my sister and me. 

One day while we were driving around in the van after picking up Finnegan from school, he said: "You two look like you have the same mommy and daddy."  Of course, we said that we did.  A few days later, he asked us to say some things at the same time, like Star Wars, light saber, and Batman.  He had already realized that we looked alike but that we spoke alike as well.  One day he asked us to repeat some words while we were eating dinner.  Nancy said that we were talking "in stereo."  Then Doug said, "Finnegan has two mommys."  We all laughed.  Then Nancy and I decided to say full sentences at the same time.  It was kind of weird.  Then Finnegan told us to "stop talking like that." I think we freaked him out.

Actually, our voices are so similar that I once mistook my own voice on Nancy's answering machine for hers!  I was going to visit her at her dormitory at the University of La Verne so I left her a message that I would arrive at a certain time.  She met me outside and we went to her room where she immediately listened to her answering machine (back in the days when we didn't have cell phones). After she played my message, I said, "Nancy, how stupid that you leave yourself a message that you're going to be coming home!"  She gave me a puzzled look and said, "That's not me.  That's you."  Then I remembered that, indeed, I had left that message!