I have a confession. I get jealous this time of year. I get jealous when I go on line and see people's pictures that they post of their little girls on Easter Sunday in matching outfits with their hair done really cute. They seem to have perfect smiles on their sweet little faces.
This will never be my girls or my pictures. I have to walk by the cute dresses at the store because if I bought them I would just end up wasting my money. Sure Emma LOVES to dress up cute and fancy but not Tabitha. And if I bought Emma a dress and not Tabitha then I would look like I have favorites. I joke with Anthony every Sunday that it looks like we dress Emma up like a princess and keep Tabs in rags. It probably looks to the outside world that Emma is our favorite. But really and truly it is not my fault. Tabitha absolutely HATES dressing up. Sunday is a struggle. And so here was my Easter Sunday...
Emma all dressed up from her head to her toes...(well, minus the shoes right now) and Tabitha...Oh wait she is not in this picture because she was too busy being grumpy because she was wearing a skirt. Yup that is my life.
Bethany was pretty sick today so she had an excuse for not dressing up but I did put a bow on her and take a quick picture...(just don't look to close or you will notice all the snot and drool on her shirt.)
As for Tabitha...I didn't even make her wear a fancy dress I let her wear a skirt and an old t-shirt somewhat covered by a sweater. I did manage to get a headband in her hair-but she never returned home from church with it. I tried to convince her for 5 minutes to get into a picture with her sisters to make me happy but she refused. Instead she sat sulking on the porch.
Then when I was finishing up Emma's photo session she came up to me with a smile on her face (first smile I had seen since she put on the skirt) and said, "MOM! I found a Roley Poly bug! Can you take a picture of me with my new Easter friend?"
It was then I stopped caring about putting my girls in cute Easter dresses with hair done perfectly. It was then that I was reminded that Easter wasn't about that. It is about LIFE! (even one as small as a Roley Poly) About HAPPINESS! About our SAVIOR who made those two things and so much more possible.
I will be forever grateful for the gentle reminder from a stubborn little girl and her new Easter friend.
