13

 Cool when he wants to be...

Apple of his great-grandmother's eye...

Fond of his sisters...

Even when they are pesky...

And freaking adorable as a kid.

Now a teenager. Happy birthday, sunshine.

Romantic

Watching a movie in which the tough Captain of the Guard guards over his heart just enough so that the viewer knows and feels his eternal love, but the object of his affections does not. This is a love unrequited and impossible, and just so very - and tragically - beautiful.

Beside me, Anna at 11 was in tears.

She is, apparently, her mother's daughter.

Ten

And awesome.