We now know how Sophie and Chloe can successfully bond.  As we all got ready for the day this morning, the two girls were busy upstairs.  It was eerily quiet for a good 15 minutes.  Believe me, 15 minutes may not sound like much, but when your kids tend to scream at each other every five minutes or so, 15 minutes is a lifetime.

The two schemers bounded down the stairs.  By that point, Chloe was yelling at Sophie for some silly reason I don’t even remember.  And Sophie revealed that she was holding a change purse.  And Chloe revealed that the change purse contained money that she and Sophie had pooled together.

For a brief, surprised second I thought that they were going to use the money to buy us a Valentine’s present.  I asked them if that was the case.  Chloe looked at me as if I had three heads.  “No, Mom!  We want to go to the cool chocolate shop and buy candy!”  “Candy for me?” I had the temerity to ask.  “No, Mom!  Candy for Sophie and me!”

Talk about a smackdown.  When I came home this evening, I asked them if they had eaten all the candy they bought.  They told me they were saving their goodies for tomorrow.  When I asked them if they’d save me one, they looked at me as if I had three heads again.   Oh well.