Ellie takes care of her brother

We just got home from school and I thought I should share another brother sister moment. Since neither of the kids took a nap yesterday and then awoke again at 0500 this morning, they were both exhausted after school and were snoring loudly shortly after we left school in the car. Again I had to carry both at the same time with their bags across the compound and up the stairs. At the top of the stairs I put Alex down so I could get the key out. By the front door we have a small bucket with water so you can wash the sand off your feet before going inside. Alex was so tired he fell backwards and landed right in the bucket with his bum and his shirt and shorts were soaked. Being exhausted he didn't find it as amusing as I did and was crying and screaming. I quickly got them inside and had Alex dry and ready for his nap. As I was zipping him up in his sleeping bag Ellie came running in the room with his toy helicopter from the movie "Cars". This instantly cheered him up. She then went running off saying "airplane, airplane" and shortly returned with two of Alex's favorite airplanes for him to take to bed. The smile on Ellie's face and her good deed cheered us all up and Alex went off to his nap happy. Hopefully all this love will translate into a long nap now.....