I have four girls. FOUR girls. There's an awful lot of sisters in my house. They can be the best of friends, and they can be the worst of enemies. Let someone TRY to pick on their sister, though, and it can get ugly real quick up in here.
One of my favorite things to do is watch my girls interact with their sisters. Not so much when they are fighting, but when they play together or help each other, give advice or listen - it makes you feel, for a brief second, like you are doing something RIGHT as a mom.
And it helps to remember when they fight like combat veterans.
When I looked for pictures of my girls for this post, I was struck over and over by the fact that I have very few pics of each of the girls individually - to be sure, I do have some - but most of the pictures I have are of any combination of sisters together. This one with that one, three together - the sisters are always together.
Disney's new Secret of the Wings is the next movie adventure in the Tinkerbell series. It tells the story of Tinkerbell as she discovers that she has a long lost twin. Focused on the wonder of sisterly love, it's a tale full of adventure, as they rush to - well, I won't blow the details of the story for you. I will tell you that my girls watched the show FIVE times in two days.
Yes. They loved it that much.
Some great facts about the new Secret of the Wings movie:
The production enlisted the help of a noted twin-study expert. Hearing the
incredible stories of long-lost twins reuniting, and viewing footage of twins
meeting for the first time was extremely helpful in developing how Tinker Bell
and Periwinkle react to each other, both physically and emotionally.
Production also enlisted an actual snow hydrologist to advise the team on how
to accurately portray frost and freezes on the screen.
Special plants, including Lamb’s Ear, which is a ground cover best described as
fuzzy or velvety, were brought in for the animators to study and use as sources
of reference to help with the organic design of the costumes for Tinker Bell
and the other fairies.
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Oh Carmen those pics are AWESOME! I LOVE when my girls all play together nicely. Twice a month when that happens (half-kidding) I will stop whatever I'm doing just to watch them. It's a double bonus when their brother joins in too. It truly makes all the craziness of motherhood worth it :)
Ask my mom about the Christmas gift from her girls last year. We had my uncle take a sister pic & it's HILARIOUS. You know I don't do makeup so my uncle PHOTOSHOPPED my sisters salmon pink lipstick onto my lips. I laughed so hard I cried it looked so ridiculous.
Posted by: KG | October 08, 2012 at 09:04 AM
My favorite sisters are my best friends and who I would have chosen to be my sisters had I had a choice. They are identical twins but I've always been able to tell them apart and we've been friends since ninth grade. My hope for my daughters is just that they end up friends, right now one is 8 and one is almost 13 and they share a room and really, they're over it right now. But we did go out to dinner on Saturday, just the three of us, and had a ton of fun, and my oldest who has said she wants to be the CEO of a wealthy and powerful company told her sister that once she achieves her goals then she would take her sister out to eat every single night. It was the sweetest she's been to her sister in months.
Posted by: FishyGirl | October 08, 2012 at 12:42 PM
I, too, have four daughters. A few months after the youngest was born I realized that their initials spelled out B..E..S..T in order of oldest to youngest. I couldn't have done that if I had tried. the boys are a bit jealous that theirs don't spell out something cool. See, I told you that I couldn't do it if I tried.
Oh, BTW, "S" thinks she is TinkerBell. She does that little crossed-arm pout/huff perfectly.
Posted by: Stacey B. | October 08, 2012 at 02:22 PM
I have an identical twin sister that I'm very close to. I have 1 daughter (who's 11) but my sister has 3 daughters (ages 17, 10, and 1). I've always felt bad that I couldn't give my daughter a sister because I've enjoyed having a sister SO much. I would have to say that my favorite sisters are my twin sisters daughters for making my daughter feel like she has a sister by including her in so many of their activities. I love them for that!
Posted by: Molly | October 08, 2012 at 02:26 PM
My favorite sister is my very own. My husband had 4 sister and he was the only boy, I think that's why we wants to have another baby, he wants our daughter to have a sister.
Posted by: Brittany | October 08, 2012 at 05:44 PM
I have a favorite sister is my own. She is 10 years older - quite the age difference. The best combo of sister and a mom. I am so lucky to have her. My life is just awesome with her.
Posted by: Glenda | October 08, 2012 at 06:15 PM
I have two sisters and I have three daughters. I call or text my sisters every day: i hope my girls are the same way.
Posted by: Rebecca | October 08, 2012 at 06:28 PM
My sister is almost 8 years younger than me, and she is my very favorite. From her name -- Charity -- that fits her so well to her long flaxen hair, she was like a little fairy gift to me at birth! I used to dress her up and do her hair for hours, and she never complained. She remains a saint to this day and lives wayyyyy to far away from me -- I miss her too much!
Posted by: Rox | October 08, 2012 at 07:31 PM
I don't have a sister, and my daughter doesn't have one either...just brothers. I worry that she won't have that special sister bond. I'm lucky to have a sister-in-law that I'm very close to. She and I were college roommates before my husband and I got married! My daughter would love to have this movie.....fingers crossed!
P.S. the pics of your girls are priceless!!!! Adorable!
Posted by: Kirsten | October 08, 2012 at 09:54 PM
I don't have a sister-but my SIL has been in my life since I was 13 so we kinda feel like sisters . .. .And I wish I had another daughter so that my daughter had a sister. I always wished for a sister when I was growing up, instead of brothers who picked on my and always punched me in the same place on my arm so I had a bruise for like, 3 years .. .
Posted by: jules | October 08, 2012 at 11:03 PM
My favorite sisters are my daughters, who are 5 and 3. I hope they grow up to be best friends. They have inside jokes, nicknames for each other and, as far as my 3 year-old is concerned, the sun shines out of my oldest. They're also very protective of each other and their little brother, and while they love each other, they certainly know how to fight too.
Posted by: Jen S | October 09, 2012 at 08:24 AM
My favorite sisters are my daughters. They are so sweet and wonderful together. I'm thankful they have each other because they had over a year of life together before they came home to us so at least they share the history that we weren't a part of.
Posted by: Kait | October 09, 2012 at 04:13 PM
My favorite sister is my sister. She is 12 years younger than me, but we have always been super close. She's an amazing aunt to my kids and an excellent sounding board when I need one. Sisters rock!!
Posted by: Melanie | October 11, 2012 at 08:14 PM
Favorite sisters? The ones from "White Christmas." They had the song, after all. :)
Posted by: Izzie | October 23, 2012 at 05:58 PM
I love the bond my daughter and stepdaughter have- a great blessing
Posted by: livivua | October 27, 2012 at 04:31 PM
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Posted by: livivua | October 27, 2012 at 04:34 PM
I don’t have sisters of my own, but I do have twin daughters and I have seen unconditional love in them! That is what sisterhood means to me.
Posted by: Kerry | October 27, 2012 at 07:35 PM
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Posted by: Kerry | October 27, 2012 at 07:36 PM
The Kardashians.
Posted by: maria cantu | October 28, 2012 at 05:56 PM
Sisterhood is always being there unconditionally for each other
Posted by: Barbara Leatham | October 31, 2012 at 02:58 AM
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Posted by: Barbara Leatham | October 31, 2012 at 02:59 AM
My favorite sisters are definitely my own! I love my big sis and my little sis (the "baby" of the family, who sometimes gets overlooked) unconditionally!
Posted by: Colleen P | October 31, 2012 at 09:19 PM
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Posted by: Colleen P | October 31, 2012 at 09:20 PM