My beautiful nieces! They live five minutes away but I don't see them nearly as much as one might think. A combination of all of our busyness, their commitments are ones of talent - soccer, gymnastics, violin and dance, dance, dance! Today I celebrate their uniqueness.
The picture I have posted is one from my birthday (two days before Brier's last) although tonight I spent time with them at their house, babysitting while Mike and Jacky went to a Christmas Party. We "dined" together, watched Mr. Peabody and Sherman, they danced, played and - since I don't have to be the parent - I let them play on their technology for a little bit longer than they are supposed to! We also read books and looked at art. Sophie had a beautiful, handmade card waiting for me.
At the time of writing, Sara is nine and Sophie is seven. Their birthdays are January 29th and 30th respectively. They are each smart and creative, silly and sentimental. They are thoughtful and funny, musical and athletic. They both love to read and can draw intricate, colourful pictures, oftentimes drawing freehand, with a pen - never needing to correct a "mistake". (How great to be young and not even have it occur to you that anything would ever need to be changed. Confident perfection from the outset!)
Sara is extremely articulate and inquisitive. She devours books at the rate, and of a level, of much older kids. Yet I love, love, love the "little girl-ness" still in her as she plays with her Monster High dolls, likes to dress-up and dance uninhibitedly to Katy Perry or Taylor Swift. She is sensitive and sensitive about this sensitivity! (Which is endearing too.) Sara is the proud "mom" to two neat budgies, Sunny and Blueberry and cares for them proudly. She is a natural leader and has many friends who enjoy her ideas, including her "little sister". Sara is an awesome Big Sister.
Sophie is compassionate and sincere. The blue eyes behind her stylish glasses tell you she is genuinely interested, concerned, happy, content, listening...or... whatever the case may be! She has a silly side too and, as the Little Sister, does a perfect job of getting her older counterpart going. Both girls have giggles you could listen to for hours. Sophie is a collector of all things Lalaloopsy and knows the complex names of hundreds of characters! Soph is a real animal lover and helped Derek and me to pick out our youngest cat, Sam, from the Cochrane SPCA. When Sophie gives you one of her trademark tight hugs, you know she means it!
It is so great being their Auntie! We have sleepovers and date days. There are lots of memories in the vault - many more fun and proud moments to come! Thanks for letting me brag about them!
Sophie is compassionate and sincere. The blue eyes behind her stylish glasses tell you she is genuinely interested, concerned, happy, content, listening...or... whatever the case may be! She has a silly side too and, as the Little Sister, does a perfect job of getting her older counterpart going. Both girls have giggles you could listen to for hours. Sophie is a collector of all things Lalaloopsy and knows the complex names of hundreds of characters! Soph is a real animal lover and helped Derek and me to pick out our youngest cat, Sam, from the Cochrane SPCA. When Sophie gives you one of her trademark tight hugs, you know she means it!
It is so great being their Auntie! We have sleepovers and date days. There are lots of memories in the vault - many more fun and proud moments to come! Thanks for letting me brag about them!
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