For some strange, inexplicable reason, QB has been extra nice to his sister lately. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. During the first week of school, QB had library class while Mopsy didn't. Now, checking out books is one of QB's greatest pleasures, but he felt sorry for Mopsy's literary loss. Instead of getting a book for himself, he found one that he thought she would like -- a Chinese version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf -- and checked it out for her.
That night, he sat down with her on the couch and read it to her. She was smitten.
The next one's even weirder. A week or so later, they convinced me to take them to Toys 'R Us. QB has been saving up his allowance for some Lego set or another and wanted to go pick one out. Now, Mopsy's savings were running a little dry. She'd just spent her whole piggie bank -- $6 -- the week before on some nonsense from Claire's. (Clip-on earrings, I think. They broke the first day.) QB -- who counts the minutes until his next allowance distribution each Friday afternoon -- sympathized with Mopsy's plight. He offered to give her his allowance for that week so she wouldn't feel left out on the shopping expedition.
I was dumb-struck.
Whatever magical cloud has blown over our house, I just hope it hangs around for a while.
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