You know how sometimes you just wish that you were a kid again and there were no worries, just a pool on the deck, a slide, some water and an uncommonly warm September day? Myla and Kinsley have been making up a lot of games together lately – sometimes it involves running across the room and diving into a pile of pillows, or chasing each other through the tent and tunnel in the basement, or putting their babies to sleep in the fort that they built in the family room. They really are pretty good friends.
They also take pretty good care of each other. Myla will tell Kinsley that “you have to eat your dinner if you want a cookie” and Kinsley will yell “abah ato bu bu a ooo!” (which I roughly translate to “come upstairs and brush your teeth!” They make each other laugh, or stay awake in the car and yes, cry. But they are always looking out for each other. Kinsley gets worried when Myla goes to school and is very excited to see her when she picks her up. Myla will ask first thing in the morning when I wake her up “where’s Kinsley?” and sometimes will rush to put on her clothes to go wake up little sister.
As the summer winds down and we start to take stock of the memories we made, I think that it’s the moments when they are playing together that I will treasure the most. The ones when Kinsley will take Myla her water cup first after playing outside or Myla will run to the slide on the playground and say “c’mon Kinsley!” I will remember the bouncy castle and the swimming pool and the wagon rides. And I will look forward to the leaf jumping and crunching, the snowman making, the…
