The other day Hubby and I were talking on the phone to the younger girls. Then I hear the older two in the back of the car asking if they could talk to their sisters as well. This surprised me since just a few days before they were talking about how nice it was going to be to not have their sisters around. Listening to them on the phone I was happy to hear them be genuinely interested in what the little ones were doing and they engaged #4 in a real conversation.
I had a nice "ah ha" moment where I turned to Hubby and told him that this is what we had been working for ever since we had more than one child. That bond between siblings that is real and everlasting. Caring about each other and wanting to be a part of each others lives instead of viewing each other as annoyances to be shoved aside for other friends their own age. This is what we want for our children! It reminded me of a quote I saw recently that said, "Don't become so caught up in raising a good kid that you forget you already have one." It felt nice to believe that maybe, just maybe, Hubby and I were doing something right.
And then we got home and I saw that #1 and #2 hadn't done their chores for the day like they were told to before we left. Oh well, one battle at a time!
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