One special Kindergartner I know has missed the last 3 days of school. Here is hoping she doesn't miss tomorrow; especially since it my weekly Wednesday morning in her class. (Sweet Pea visits Daddy at work while I go spend some time in Sunflower's classroom.)
Sunflower being home has given me a chance to see how much progress she and Sweet Pea has made in their relationship. Oh Friday morning Sweet Pea ran across the room just to hit Sunflower because Sunflower was on my lap (even though Sweet Pea was playing with her toys across the room) so we still have some ways to go, but there is less and less of that and more and more of this...
...cooperative play that is. It does astound me what one supposedly sick 5 year old and a two year old girl can do to my house when they play together, but it is so much better than that first summer, I won't complain.
After all, Sweet Pea is actually really good at cleaning up.
Don't let this picture fool you. I merely suggested that the girls pick up their brothers' Skylanders and Sweet Pea was immediately throwing them into the bucket...not at my camera as the picture may suggest.
Since I haven't really talked about how sad it made my heart that Sweet Pea was so resistant to Sunflower's overtures and saw her more as competition than family, you probably can't understand how happy it makes my heart that they are starting to be friends.
Why just today, Sweet Pea brought Sunflower her blanket when Sunflower was sitting on my lap and crying. And the other day when Sweet Pea had climbed up on my lap at the desk when I was trying to answer e-mails, Sunflower came over an leaned on my arm. As I tried to send at least one of them away, Sweet Pea scooted over so she was only on one of my knees and said, "Araa, Lap!" and patted my leg for Sunflower to climb up on. So I didn't get a picture posted to facebook that day, but I had two girls on my lap and a happy heart.
So it is only fitting that on Friday we received a package from Aunt L and Uncle P to celebrate the girls' sisterhood. Okay, so technically it was to celebrate their birthdays...my blog isn't the only thing a tad behind...but since Aunt L almost always sends coordinating outfits, her presents always celebrate the two girls being sisters, too.
Sure enough the outfits are pretty cute which matching hairclips.
But the girls were probably a little more excited about the books.
We do love our books. Thank you, Aunt L and Uncle P. 
Sunflower being home has given me a chance to see how much progress she and Sweet Pea has made in their relationship. Oh Friday morning Sweet Pea ran across the room just to hit Sunflower because Sunflower was on my lap (even though Sweet Pea was playing with her toys across the room) so we still have some ways to go, but there is less and less of that and more and more of this...
After all, Sweet Pea is actually really good at cleaning up.
Since I haven't really talked about how sad it made my heart that Sweet Pea was so resistant to Sunflower's overtures and saw her more as competition than family, you probably can't understand how happy it makes my heart that they are starting to be friends.
Why just today, Sweet Pea brought Sunflower her blanket when Sunflower was sitting on my lap and crying. And the other day when Sweet Pea had climbed up on my lap at the desk when I was trying to answer e-mails, Sunflower came over an leaned on my arm. As I tried to send at least one of them away, Sweet Pea scooted over so she was only on one of my knees and said, "Araa, Lap!" and patted my leg for Sunflower to climb up on. So I didn't get a picture posted to facebook that day, but I had two girls on my lap and a happy heart.
So it is only fitting that on Friday we received a package from Aunt L and Uncle P to celebrate the girls' sisterhood. Okay, so technically it was to celebrate their birthdays...my blog isn't the only thing a tad behind...but since Aunt L almost always sends coordinating outfits, her presents always celebrate the two girls being sisters, too.
But the girls were probably a little more excited about the books.
