Girl Time

An unfortunate truth in our home is that my attention is often focused on Christian, and is not spread equally between both kids. Tessie is pretty good about it though, and is actually a great help most of the time. But I still relish the moments we get to spend, just the two if us.

Today, Christian went down for his morning nap and Tes and I had some girl time. While I took a shower she talked to me the whole time, and put about a million clips and bows in her hair. Then she sorted through my nail polish and, very carefully, selected the perfect shades for our toes.

We headed downstairs and set up for our pedicures. Tessie ran over her nails with an emory board, while I worked on my heels with a pumice stone. She lined up her five color choices in the order I was to apply them to her toes, and told me she was ready. When we were finished I had pink sparkly toes and she had several shades of pink, purple, and blue toes. We then applied temporary tattoos to each other's hands and snuggled in the couch while our polish dried.

I am always amazed at how well Tes handles our routine. From the moment her brother was born she has been a fantastic big sister. She is rarely jealous and always quick to help him with anything he needs. I have to remind myself that this is not necessarily typical, and she deserves a lot of credit.

I need to make sure we have more mommy daughter times like we did today. I loved relishing in her girly-ness, and felt lucky that she wanted to spend all that time with me. Our mini salon day was a special little treat, and one I hope she found as beautiful as I did.