Day One Hundred Ten

Day One Hundred Nine

The thing about big age gaps is that it's super easy for the little sister to get the impression that the world revolves around her.

Because it does.

Every moment of every day, Mila is the center of the universe. It's absolutely true. Alexis will drop anything to make sure Mila is happy. I'm not far behind. I'm definitely better at telling the Tiny Human "No," but that's a low bar right there.

That's how it came to be that I bought a white dress for Mila even though it wasn't her turn for a photo shoot. I knew she would want to crash the shoot and it was better if she had something to wear. Some of Alexis' old dresses are still around, but the size difference between the two girls makes things complicated. There's also the fact that their half birthdays are at opposite times of the year. The old Alexis dress that would have fit Mila is basically a sweater dress.

It's a little hot out for a sweater dress. Just a little.

So I had a special dress ready. I also had a special bouquet of daisies just for Mila. Every other year there has been this weird fight where Mila doesn't understand that the daisies are for Alexis, so I was prepared.

And then there was the order of events. I purposely led with Mila, and then transitioned to both girls. The idea was for Mila to get bored of being in front of the camera and wander off.

She didn't get bored on her own.

And that is how it came to be that I caught on camera the exact moment that I asked Mila to let Alexis get some photos by herself.

Yep, that girl thinks the universe revolves around her.

Day One Hundred Nine (a.k.a. The Daisy Photo, Volume 15)

At this point, I assume y'all see one of the girls holding daisies and you know EXACTLY what time of year it is.

In case you don't, every year on the girls' half birthdays, I force them into a little photo shoot. It involves flowers (daisies from my garden for Alexis and white roses from the store for the summer baby, Mila) and a simple white dress.

Alexis has been at this game for 15 years now.

One thing was different this year. I didn't ask for the photos. Alexis did.

And by "Alexis asked," I mean she harassed me for two solid weeks until one morning when she showed up all dressed and holding cut flowers in her hands.

Apparently she secretly does look forward to this tradition?

 Mila also looks forward to this tradition because she always crashes Alexis' photos.

We plan on it.

Which, planning on it makes it much easier to let Mila steal the show for a few minutes, but then re-focus on the Big Kid.

The Big Kid who has always been a miniature adult.

But is now starting to look like a miniature adult.

It's really very unfair. Time simultaneously moves so slow, but so fast.

If you really want a kick in the pants, consider the fact that this kid only has four more of these photo shoots before she moves away for college.

Four. More. That's it. Hopefully she decides each one of them will be as fun as easy as this one was.