Sweetness

 Sometimes in life you get so caught up in the fighting, tears, fighting, kicking, yelling, hitting, name calling,  and of course more fighting between the kids that you tend to forget that they really are the best of buddies.  The other day when we went to pick up Miss M from kindergarten I witnessed a tender moment for me as a mother.  Robby sprinted straight over to the fence where Maddie came walking through and gave her a meaningful, joyful, bear hug and said "I missed you so much Sissie".  He had a look of pure excitement that his friend, dare I say best friend, was finally home from school and ready to play with him.  I have to admit that they hardly fought that night and played like best buddies until bed time.  I even heard Robby tell her several times "Did you know your my best friend?!"

{too bad the very next evening they were back to fighting like true frenemies--at least I know that there is som lovin' in there!}

(at the Phoenix Zoo this summer)