We’re certainly at a stage right now where AGP and ECP are fighting for dominance/attention at home. They can usually manage to sit together for about five minutes before one of them hits, pinches, or otherwise annoys the other to the point that a fight breaks out. So your dear narrator could be forgiven the occasional muse on whether these two kids like each other at all. This morning, however, came an affirmation.
Ava was hurrying out the door to mount her bike and head to her friend Mac’s for the ride to school. She was all bundled up against a stiff, cool wind and had her backpack on. As she stopped in the driveway to put on her gloves, she looked back at the house and saw her brother looking out at her through the window at the bottom of the stairs. She waved, blew him four or five kisses, and mouthed, “I love you Emmett.” Then she set her bike on the ground and ran right up to the window to blow more kisses. Emmett returned them from his perch atop the baseboard inside. Then Ava ran back to her bike, hopped on, and was off.
As I watched the goings on from the window at the landing, it warmed my heart to see these two be so affectionate to each other without a parental plea. I hope this is the place they always come back to, no matter what happens in their lives.