I remember Ellie being a great eater as a baby, but then as a 3 year old I'll never forget the day she refused to swallow her peas at dinner, keeping them in her mouth for 90 min---chewed up and gross.
I know she slept 8-10 hours through the night and was a great napper as a baby---until she turned two and went on strike with normal sleeping for almost a year.
Our sweet Ellie.
There have been many difficult weeks this "season"- watching our girls argue and intentionally hurt each other's feelings. They have had good moments but their rivalry is also exhausting and frustrating many days.
But for the past two---three weeks I have seen a small change. I think it is coming as a result of Ellie's direction and leading, but BOTH girls are softening towards each other a bit. It's kinda nice. :) If we can keep up this pattern before summer hits, and they are together all day-- that would be quite nice!!
But, last week in Hilton Head we really saw Ellie show us that she's growing up and truly maturing, even in the Lord. Once most of the "pirate treasure" was found in the sand, we all realized Jack had not found a treasure box and was pretty upset about it. All on her own, Ellie came up with the idea to sneak off and go re-hide her treasure box and then offer to help Jack go look for his. It was awesome- he was SO pumped to have "found his box," and honestly I think Ellie was on cloud 9 that she could help her cousin feel better. It was a moment that kindof made us all realize how wonderful it feels to serve others.
Thankful for old phases and new phases in our kids' lives. Thankful for our maturing little big girl.
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