Twin Story

Yesterday we were outside walking around my parents yard to ward off the late afternoon whinies. Emma was off with my mom riding the tractor, Elsie and Delia had gotten out and were walking around the house on the lawn. Elsie, who was holding a piece of apple, tripped in the thick grass and dropped her apple. I helped her up and then kept walking, eventually sitting down on the steps. Delia was wandering around with me, then sat down on the steps too. Elsie was frozen in place back across the yard.

I called out for her several times for her to come over to us, but she just stood there. She has done this before — she gets worried about something (this time, falling in the grass and maybe not having a hand to balance/catch herself?) and just stands there, forEVER, until someone rescues her. I didn’t feel like getting up so I let her stand there for a bit (heh) and told her to come over to us once more.

At this point Delia got up and walked right over to her. "Got it!" she hollered to me, as she grabbed Elsie’s coat and started pulling. Elsie obliged and finally started walking, ha ha! I told Delia to hold her hand instead, so she did, and they held hands and walked over to me and the steps. Elsie was totally fine (and I think a bit relieved) with Delia coming to help her out. It was a really sweet moment. They are such good buddies sometimes!