Eden and Liz now go to school together at St. Paul’s School for Girls.  I was wondering how they would get along.  Their personalities are rather different.  I have been astonished and so proud as a parent to watch them interact on the way to and from school.  They are becoming better friends and sisters than they ever have been in the past.  I am certain it won’t last forever, so I want to capture just how special it has been the first few weeks of school.

Elizabeth is so supportive of her little sister.  She helps her study on the way to school.  She drills her on Spanish words and phrases.  After Eden’s first field hockey tryout, Liz was very encouraging with her, telling her how well she did.  And they were talking about how they were helping each other out on the field during a knockout game.  Eden got really pissed at an 8th grader who said something nasty about Liz.

Some days when I arrive to pick them up, they don’t see me right away.  And I get to watch them laughing and playing in front of the school.  They hang around with each other and with each other’s friends.  Eden sometimes brings me a cup of cold water to the car when she gets in, because she thinks I might be thirsty.  We listen to ‘Smarter than Regan’ in the morning sometimes together.

When the girls were trying out for field hockey, Liz was encouraging Eden that she might make the A team.  It turns out they made the teams by grade.  And Liz was pretty upset because Eden is on the B team.  But nonetheless, they support each other.

The other day, we were running kind of late.  They were only going to have about 5 minutes to get to morning prayers.  Eden was very nervous because they usually have about 15 minutes.  Liz told her how to organize her stuff in the car so that she could run to her locker, drop the stuff that she didn’t need, and already have out separate the stuff she needed to take with her.  She helped Edie through it.

They talk about each other’s days and what they bought for lunch.  And they ask each other about their school work.  Eden tells Liz that she should run for class president.  There will be many times when these two will fight or be jealous of each other.  For the moment, I am witnessing loving, caring and supportive sisters.  I am proud of my little Gators.