Ten years.  I’ve had a Bo for TEN YEARS.  It’s amazing.  Can you believe it’s been that long? I remember the good old days of Rolly-Bo and tons of other great stuff.  Bo has the cutes so bad she has credit up until she’s at least 15.

I love my Bo who can con the candy keepers into giving her extra “so I can have some for my sister” and she does share that extra with them.  I love my Bo who says “I want to try that.”  I definitely love my Bo who wants clams and oysters.  I love the Bo who says pony-tail like nobody else in the world.

I’m proud of my Bo who is reading on her own now, and loves it.  I’m glad I have my goofy dancer Bo who provides her own beautiful musical accompaniment.

I’m a huge fan of watching her grow.  I love when she’s a curious student, willing to try to learn anything. I even love when she gets frustrated when stuff is hard or doesn’t work right.  Roen reminds me of how I have to beat my own frustrations down and keep trying to succeed, because, just like this beautiful girl of mine, I get mad when my task is more than I want to work on and I get really mad when something just won’t work.

I’m with you, Bo, when you have that math homework that never ends.  I’m right next to you when the room is messy and you don’t know where to start cleaning.  I’m yours, Bo, when your project won’t come out right.

You’re still a little-bit, Best Bo.  You keep up your hard work, but don’t mind so much when you mess up.  You still have a lot of growing to do, and your brains will get bigger, your hands will get way better at making things.  All of you right now is only a bit of what you will be next year (and every year after).  Just like me, you have lots of practice in patience as you go, and everything will work out in time.  Until then, make sure you do the things you’re really good at too.  Those funny faces and great silly things you invent are wonderful, and you’re the best at them. 

Happy Birthday, my Itty Bitty Bo Bear.  I love you!

It has come round again.  SISTER DAY is here.

NEW ITEMS!!! I’ve added a special movie.  Tried to do a SISTER DAY post on PaperScreams, but couldn’t put up the movie part, so it’s here: Click : I LOVE MY FIVE (or right-click and save-as since it’s usually easier)

OH, and one more for MOLLY!  She knows this one.  This is OUR song from IguanaLand!:  Wonderful!

There are a ton of holidays in the world, ones for Moms and Dads and Veterans and Secretaries and Births and Weddings and just about anything else you can imagine.  SISTER DAY never made it to the official list of important days.  At least not until Molly, Roen, Gwendollyn and Joscelin came around. Now we have SISTER DAY.

It’s truly one of the very best days in the world.  This is one that is just about family.  It’s not for presents or for hard work or for anything other than celebration of the incredible importance of being a sister. Having younger sisters means Molly gets TONS of practice for when she grows up and becomes a Mommy.  Being biggest is pretty hard to manage sometimes, with all the hard stuff that you could really use an older sister to help you figure things out. Having an older sister means that Roen is able to ask for help with that impossible question in the homework.  That’s the good stuff.  When you can’t make it work on your own, there is always a sister around.  Even little bitty Joscelin helps out sometimes. Being in the middle is tough, of course, as any Roen or Gwendollyn will tell you, since you have to be big and are stuck being little at the same time. You don’t always like the same games that big kids do, and coloring all day long isn’t quite as fun as playing the GameBoy.  But usually there’s a little sister right there to watch you play the games, and that’s the special time you can share big kid stuff. I’m proud of you girls.  You have really turned out SMART and big and beautiful, and though I love birthdays (silly hats and really big dinners), I love Sister Day the most.  SISTER DAY celebrates ALL FOUR OF YOU, all together, the best collection of kids any Daddy could ever hope for. I love your short hair.

I love your long hair.

I love your crazy faces

I love your wonderful colors.

I love how you monkey around (specially when I’m around).

I love your Choky Milk A Cup (can I have some please).

And none of these things would be half as wonderful and fun if you weren’t all together doing all these things.  Everybody knows Popy Tail.  Everybody knows FaFee! Everybody loves Choky Milk.  Everybody loves the Double Stevie Wonder Elvis Bobble Head^(r). All of you, talking and playing at once makes my heart warm and happy. So I’m glad you’re celebrating SISTER DAY, even if I can’t be there.  I’ll make it for the one next year, but don’t you forget how important this holiday is.  Each of you is most wonderful to me and Mama.  All together, you are a hundred times wonderful (infinity plus one!). One is fun, Four is MORE! Friends can be forever, but you’re not guaranteed on that.  Gameboys don’t stick around forever either.  Favorite teachers are traded for new ones all the time.  Clothes and toys and even pets wear out.  But sisters are for LIFE!  You don’t lose ‘em and you can always come back to them even if you move around the world. I love you all!  Will see you soon!  I’m celebrating right here for you.  I’m praising the Lord for His wonderful gift to me and your Mama.  Happy SISTER DAY.