Will and Ellie’s interactions are the highlight of my LIFE. Here are just a few examples of them being them right now:
Will is having a ‘slumber party’ in our room as his Friday night treat. This is something Nic invented. He stays in his room Sat-Thurs but gets to sleep in our room on Fridays. All week long he has talked about his slumber party and planned the little spot that Ellie would sleep in, too. I kept telling him that it was just him, but he repeated his requests for a little bed with blankets and a teddy bear for Eloise so she won’t have nightmares. (He almost always calls her Eloise, not Ellie.)
Ellie screams when we leave Will at school. She loves picking him up, but if we walk up to school with him and just up and abandon him?! Not okay with her.
When we were at Target earlier this week I was gushing over a set of girly flowery Shabby Chic sheets. So pretty with tiny little flower buds. I told Ellie that when she gets older she will have a bed with pretty sheets just like that. And Will said “No she won’t! She will be in my Star Wars bed with me when she is a big girl!”
Will and Ellie were playing together this afternoon when Ellie got hurt. She cried, and as I held and hugged her and chastised Will for playing too carelessly with her, he was on the verge of tears. He just kept saying “I’m sorry Eloise!” and as he tried to hug her, she pushed him away. That tipped him over and he started sobbing. Ellie stopped crying, looked and him, and then reached for him and gave him hug after hug, snuggling her head into his chest. Forgiven.
