Collecting OUR family
LOVE these girls!!
I pray that my girls will be the best of friends. They are only 10.5 months apart. They’ll be a year apart in school, so I’m sure they’ll have many of the same friends. Will they have the same interests? Excel in the same subjects?
Share each others’ clothes?
Their personalities could not be more different. Masie is headstrong and bounces off everything. Lyla aims to please and is happy sitting and playing with toys. They both have awesome dance moves and awesome hair. I’ve dreamed of having hair like theirs. Mine is thick but fine, heavy, and won’t hold a curl. I love combing through their messy tresses. Mine won’t rat even if I try. Masie wakes with a nest circling her pretty face, and Lyla’s hair mats in the back and poufs on top. I hope they love their curls.
I’ve been collecting dolls for the girls’ new dollhouse.
This is the closest I’ve come to creating our family, sad.
I’m still searching for the “right” mom, big sister, and little sister.
I wonder which figure my girls will compare themselves to.
They are neither full Caucasian or full African American.
Will they choose their friends by the color of their skin?
Back to the hair…
It’s time to give this little one her first haircut. I’ve done all I can with her pouf.
Why is it so hard to cut a child’s hair for the first time?
It’s time to let go.
4 comments:
I almost wonder if it's human nature for us to gravitate towards those of the same ethnic background, skin color, religion, etc. Almost everyone I know does this. I don't know that we do it on purpose to try to exclude people, but it seems to be what we do. For example ... one thing I've noticed ... if you are white, most your friends are FB are white. If a person is black, most of there friends on FB are black. People from the middle east ... it's all the same. BUT our kids are being raised in mixed families, so I wonder how that will or won't effect them.
Love the post!
The photo of you and your girls is PRICELESS!!! It's one you would want framed forever!!!
You and Luke are amazing photographer's and can capture the most precious moments. The girls smiles are GORGEOUS, and sooooo similar.
Thanks Arabeth and Christine.
Becky, I agree. I think our multiracial families will help bridge that gap a little. I watched my 7 year old niece play with these figurines and she placed the whole black family behind her back and played with all of the white folks. She wasn't being mean or hateful, but they didn't belong in her imaginary family.
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