Sharing is Caring

 Today, during cooking class... you specifically made extra pieces of toast with jam and nutella for Marlowe (not too sweet) and for Dylan (because she's sick) and I was very proud that when having fun with your own friends, you stopped to think of your sisters and their happiness. I think if everyone stopped once in a while to do something nice for each other, the world will be a better place.

Pedalboats

Today I took you alone onto a pedalboat on Shoreline Lake. You enjoyed exploring the farside of the lake and afterwards yoy really enjoyed the hotdog and secret ice cream you got (that your sisters didn't get). I'm glad you enjoyed it... bit ill tell you a secret i really don't like pedalboats as you already know it hurts my back to pedal in them. It also hurts my knee and its tiring that im always pedaling them alone. But i do it because i know you like them. Thats part of the sacrifice people do for the ones they love. wwhn yoy have kids you might remember this as i now remember the sacrifices my parents made for my happiness as a child.

 maybe we'll go back to rowboats or kayaks in the future... 

Family Portraits

You and Marlowe seem to no longer like taking regular photos posed next to the Android plush toy to record you growth over the years (Dylan who is younger still has fun with it)... we used to do them every month, then last year slowed to every 3 months, now we might do it every 6 months. I figured it's fine since we have some many other photos and videos of you over time as well.

Hopefully in the future you won't get focused with selfie photos and videos. Remember that life it more about experiences and friends and family than it is about how it looks to other people. I feel like too many people used selfies as an aspirational construction of how they want people to think their life is like rather than how it acutally is.