When They're Together

When the girls are together there is a lot of love, giggles, encouragement, negotiating, creating, teaching, some fighting, sleepovers, dancing, singing, shows for any audience around, dressing up, changing outfits, fashion shows, hula hoop shows, gymnastics and art shows. Exactly how I always imagined it would be to have a sister. I still remember cleary that day at the ultrasound as I was laying there waiting for them to tell Tim and I what we were having the second time around. Deep down I felt like I knew it was a girl but then in true "Brooklyn style" the umbilitcal cord was between her legs so the tech didn't want to give us a definite answer and so we had to come back in three weeks. Three weeks later I again was laying there waiting to hear what we were carrying and when they said girl my eyes lit up and I was so excited because I loved the idea of sisters, two girls sharing life, it's ups and downs and everything in between.

Girls, I love how you help one another, compromise, giggle until you are on the floor laughing...I love how you share your unique and different personalities with one another. It isn't rare for me to find the two of you snuggled in one of your beds reading together after I finished putting Carter down. Or counting down the days until it's a Friday and not a school night so you can sleep in the others room. I pray that as you continue to discover this sister bond of together and the special love God gives sisters, that it grows, deepens and gives you that special relationshoip that only sisters share with one another.

One of their favorite things to do lately is to write and make books together. They will stand huddled at the table for a big chunk of time on a Saturday morning and Kennedy will write and Brooklyn will draw. Or Kennedy will let Brooklyn write the words she knows or is willing to be taught how to write. So far their "bookstore" fits in a shoebox and they read it to Carter and I often. I need to take a picture of that special shoebox and re post it on here!

My girls are determined and must ask weekly if they can have bunk beds. I smile and say do you now how hot you would be in a bunk bed? So what did they decide to do...they made their own bunk bed and got pretty creative if I do say so myself. Brooklyn learned quickly that after she would crawl on the "bottom bunk" the top bunk would cave and she would get smooshed so she decided to steer clear and not try it again when I did get my camera. And in true big sis style Kennedy claimed the "top bunk" and wasn't about to give in!