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Merry Christmas All!

Wishing you and yours the most jolly of holidays and the very best in 2013!

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Wordless Wednesday - Just for a smile

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Why Brea is a great big sister.

I had the pleasure of a bit of travel with my wee ones this past weekend to visit my cousin and to celebrate her son's birthday. Brea and Rhys were ecstatic to see their cousin and have a visit with him. They always seem to forget though that it is a bit of a way to go and involves staying a couple of nights away from home.

We arrived without a hitch and settled into my aunt's house for a nice few days. The party was a success, the kids had a great time, there was face-painting and cupcakes and playing.

A very happy angry bird!

The race car that he cried over later when I washed it off.

My little butterfly.

That night, as we lay down to camp out together, Rhys had a few things to talk about. Namely at the party, there was a little boy who was not so nice and spent quite a bit of time chasing Rhys. Rhys was on a push car and the boy was on a trike. At one point he sped up to Rhys, hit him from behind and was pushing him full-throttle for a good 4 meters or so before I caught up and managed to stop him from ramming Rhys into a wall. Nice boy! Rhys was apparently quite traumatized by it as he kept telling me over and over again about the big mean boy who chased him and hit his truck. I tried the best I could to explain that he lived far away from us and we would likely not see him again for a long time and that he was safe now and there was no harm done. After several minutes of listening to Rhys, Brea spoke up.

"When I have a party Mommy, I'm not inviting that boy because he is not nice. I will invite my friends who are not mean. And next time at Aidan's birthday, I won't get my face painted."

Brea had a fantastic butterfly that she waited in line so patiently for and was over the moon with. So I had to ask: "But why Brea? You waited so long for the face painting, I thought you like it!"

Here is her sweet reply: "I know, but if I don't get my face painted, I could keep Rhys safe. I didn't keep him safe today." My heart melted.

And that is why I think Brea is a most wonderfully great big sister. And why I so love my little girl.