Oh, Miss Mollie

This weekend marked yet another project in our house. Brian was off work on Friday and worked on painting the doors in our upstairs hallway. The goal has been to paint all the bedroom and closet doors as well as the trim. As he does this, he's been replacing the door knobs. It is now much easier for Mollie to open the doors! The two doors on the list for this weekend were those to Ellie's and Mollie's rooms. Friday night, Ellie slept on a pallet in our bedroom, and Mollie slept with me. Ellie said that she just couldn't sleep in her room when their wasn't a door! :) Last night, Brian rehung the doors. Praise the Lord! The girls both slept in their own rooms. It was wonderful! However, as Brian finished up hanging the doors and was working on fixing Ellie's closet door, Ellie fell asleep in her bed; and Mollie fell asleep on the couch. We couldn't resist taking Mollie's picture. It was too cute. She was laying on the couch watching TV. I saw her feet come over the side. Then, she didn't move a muscle.

Sunday afternoon while we were home before heading back to church, I heard Ellie begin to sob. She said that Mollie had broken her "favorite" bracelet. (fortunately we have two of these) I had her clean up the beads and bring them to me. When Mollie came to find us, I told her that she needed to tell Ellie she was sorry. Her response was, "I can't." Can't is her new word. We went around and around. She didn't care if she got a little spank or not. I tried to just get her to hug Ellie. She wouldn't do it. She finally tried to go hug her but Ellie had gone downstairs. Mollie refused to go find her, so I told her she had to sit in her room. I sat her on the floor and left her for a few minutes. This is what I came back to find.....

What a sweetie! It's been a long weekend. :) Hopefully this week will find us getting back to our normal routine.