Sugar and Spice

Having three girls means that drama abounds in our house.   

If it's not boy trauma, it's homework frustration.  Or hair or skin woes.  

Or just  plain old hormonal induced grumpiness.  

With all that, though, also comes an incredible amount of sweetness.  

I love to watch Emma wake up extra early so she can curl Ellie's hair for her on Sunday morning.  

And Cami volunteering to make dinner on a weekend night despite the fact that she's had as long of a week as I've had, is something that melts my heart every time.

And no one can bring a smile to my face like Ellie.  She is sunshine encapsulated and loves nothing more than helping people around her to be happy.

Although sometimes their "spiciness" can be a bit much at times, 

I am so grateful to be their mother, so that I can soak up every bit of the sweetness.     

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Tooth Fairy, Earrings, and Sisters

I try to keep my full-out bragging to a minimum here on the blog, but this is one of those times (like this one from last summer) where one of my kids has stepped up and out of the realm of just being cute, sweet, smart, funny, and good-natured in the eyes of their adoring parents and has done something so genuine and thoughtful that I just can't help but do a little brag post.

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Exhibit A:   A letter written to the tooth fairy after s/he'd forgotten to come seven full nights after losing her tooth. 

Of course the tooth fairy came that night. 

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Exhibit B:  As soon as she had her tooth fairy loot in hand, Emma started bubbling with excitement about how she finally had enough money to buy a pair of the handmade earrings the school lunch lady sells to the kids for $3 a pair.

 My thought:  Oh, they're as cute as can be for her newly pierced ears (that are now totally healed from the freak gym class incident).

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Exhibit C:   The attached note. 

After all that build up of having to remind the tooth fairy to come, all Emma really wanted was to buy a special present for her big sister.

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Exhibit D:  One very happy 12-year-old sister. 

(and a mom with a tear in her eye).

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