Late Night Great Night

There are a lot of reasons I love my family. Several of those reasons were super apparent last night while we were all hanging out in Lyla's room after a pretty long day...
"What goes on in the Walker house when the lights are on past 10 pm?", you may ask.  Well last night, this is what I walked in on:

What reasons did I think of in response to these sweet moments?  Well, obviously, they are both SUPER talented.  Even more than that, though, I loved watching them cheer each other on  and love each other.  Of course Lyla loves it when we clap for her, but it's so fun to see her encouraging her Dad and me on a daily basis.  Almost every day she tells us she loves us without being prompted, and she compliments us freely.  If she or I make a mistake, she says "Keep trying!"...sometimes even adds a cheery, "Never give up!"    I love how kind she is, and I love how she doesn't let mistakes slow her down.  I hope she never loses her sweetness or her stick-to-itiveness.  I may be biased, but I think she is something pretty special, and I have loved watching her grow from adorable baby blob into the walking talking little lady she has become.  She's got her terrible two moments of course (see tooth brushing post), but they are far out-numbered by the terrific ones, and they leave me feeling like a pretty lucky mom.