Answered Prayer = Bonding Time

Lately, Ronnie and Eli have been "at" each other a lot. Now I don't know if it is a stage that the 7 year old is going through, or a stage that the 4 year old is going through, but they have just been picking and fighting and just not getting a long at all.

Then Monday, Valentine's Day (if that means anything), I turn around in the kitchen to see this at the table.

Ronnie was quietly reading to Eli. Not only that, Eli was quietly listening! Amazing!

I wondered if all the prayers were being answered and finally they were going to be past their "hatred" of one another.

Then Tuesday morning we found out Ronnie had strep (yes, we're guessing he got it from Maddie, but honestly that's another mystery - since those 2 are the least likely to be spending lots of time together). So, Ronnie was home from school for 2 days. Believe it or not Ronnie and Eli played well together both days. I think they were both ready for Ronnie to go back yesterday, but I was just very thankful they got along so well!

So only time will tell if these 2 will be buds or not, but for now...I'm happy with the bonding!