Tonight I am so thankful for Lauren. I'm sure every parent thinks their child is the sweetest, but I really think Lauren is. Here are two recent examples:
1. Tonight, as we're saying prayers before bed, she says "mommy, I know what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a helper." She wants to help people - simply and sweetly.
2. We saw Santa last week and she and Jacob told Santa what they want for Christmas. Lauren wants an American Girl Doll bed, a jingle bell hat, and for the second year in a row - a picture of Santa. I think she's testing him. Jacob wants a skateboard and a gun (!). I don't know what Santa thought about that. So, many nights later, she says to me - "mommy, we didn't tell Santa what Taylor wants." Really - how heartwarming that she alone remembered that nobody told Santa what Taylor wanted. Taylor, meanwhile, was not happy on Santa's lap and wanted nothing more than to be rescued - so David and I were focused on that and getting a cute picture of the kids - but Lauren, in her sweet way, wanted to make sure that Santa knew what Taylor wants too. I promised her we would go to see Santa again and tell him what Taylor wanted.
How blessed are we to have her as the older sister?
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