Variety IS the Spice of Life!

As I sit here on a cold and rainy Saturday, feeling hungover from the girls sleepover last night, they are getting ready to go for a walk (cabin fever has set in I guess). Something dawned on me as I watched and heard them prepare to leave the house. Kaley will wash her face, laboriously brush her hair, and put on a designer hoodie and flip flops. Caroline quickly changes out of her pajamas, throws her hair into a ponytail, puts her sneakers on, and grabs her toy mouse while her sister finishes getting it together. Then, iPods in hand and dog on leash, they head outside to enjoy the rare and brisk weather. I yell out for Kaley to take her cell phone and wish them a good time.

I've always known that my girls are as different as they can be, in looks and personality. Caroline looks like my "mini me" as we're frequently told and Kaley acts exactly the same way I did at her age (my Mom's best revenge, tee hee). I have also often described the sister relationship as "love/hate", no matter who I am referring to (myself included). I see it in my girls too. Although they are complete opposites, they would go to the ends of the earth for each other (again as I would for my sisters) no questions asked and I truly love that about them. Sometimes I wish that the "hate" part of sisterhood in our house could disappear, but today I realize just how boring that would be.

This simple act of going for a walk together on a cold and rainy day, reinforced that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being different! In fact, I am so glad that my kids accept each other for being different as they do their friends. That makes me proud and happy for them for I know if they remember that as they continue to grow into young ladies it will serve them well.

I think this post goes into the category of yet another thing that my children have taught me. :)