Yesterday, Kiddo and Babs chose to watch a potentially scary My Little Pony episode (especially if you're my children). They sat next to each other on the couch, sharing my husband's Kindle.
"Let's not be scared," Kiddo suggested.
She amended her idea, "But let's cuddle close together in case we are."
When I walked by a while later, they were huddled next to each other with Babs' arm around Kiddo's shoulder.
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They still don't like our basement. They rarely go down by themselves, and never just to hang out there. If one of them needs to go down there, she enlists the other to be her safety. They only play there if someone else is there. But I love what Kiddo says each time they boldly venture down the stairs, "We're braver when we're together!"
(But truthfully, they're getting better. Perhaps by next year they'll be able to handle it on their own, who knows?)
