He was worried that, with all of the excitement, he'd have difficulty falling asleep last night, but this was not the case. He conked out like a trooper, but awoke with a smile on his face and a spring in his step.
Once I returned to the second floor of the house, after having fed the puppy and tried, unsuccessfully, to get him to pee and poo in a respectable area of the back yard, I found David dressed and ready to go. His sister, of course, needed a bit more encouragement to get up.
On cue, David crawled into bed with his little sister, and threw his arm around her. And for one split-second, I relished one of the sweetest moments I've seen in a long time. Elizabeth snuggled up to her brother, safe and protected by his presence, and they stayed there together for a few seconds.
And, just as quickly, the moment was over. Elizabeth got herself dressed (as did I), and we returned to the kitchen for breakfast.
Try as I might to recapture - on camera - the tender moment between these two cherubs, I was not successful. But here's a sample of their well-meaning attempt to look like well-behaved children:
And here is what they did for pretty much every other photo:
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