Happy Belated Birthday, Little Sis'!

Because of all the hoopla surrounding my parents' anniversary party on Saturday, I am a little late getting this post up.  One of the things that was obvious as our whole family came together to celebrate was that we were not only celebrating my parents' 40 years of marriage but the fruit of their marriage--our big and amazing family--which isn't perfect but is incredibly special. 

The next day, Sunday, was my little sister Jamie's twenty-sixth birthday and this post is for her.

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

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Because Aunt Jamie is a favorite with our kids, I turned to them for some help with this post.  Here are our answers to the following "what ifs":

If Jamie were a flower, she would be:

Madeleine:  a pink tulip because it reminds me of spring

Sophie:  a blue flower because that's my favorite kind and she looks like one

Alice:  a rose

Chris:  a sunflower

Maggie G:  a daisy because it's pretty 

Mia:  Queen Anne's Lace because Mommy, me and Grandma Kreitzer like that flower

If Jamie were a movie, she would be:

Mia:  Snow Buddies because I like that movie

Madeleine:  The Princess Diaries 

Grace:  Wall E because it's funny

Chris:  Anastasia because of Anya

Alice:  The Smurfs because she'd make a perfect Smurfette

Sophie:  Happy Feet because she's happy

If Jamie were a song, she would be:

Gracie:  Brickhouse because it's my song and I like it

Mia:  Ain't No Mountain High Enough because it makes me think the voices are hers and Jonathan's

Chris:  Let Them Be Little because she loves the babies

Madeleine:  Don't Stop Believin' because she likes to have fun and is optimistic

Alice:  She because it reminds me of her

Sophie:  Who Let the Dogs Out because Jamie has a lot of dogs

If Jamie were a holiday, she would be: 

Maggie G:  Valentine's Day because I could send her a card

Chris:  Valentine's Day ("poor" Jonathan)

Mia:  Easter because one year Easter was on my birthday and that was special

Madeleine:  Christmas because she's always baking cookies and giving presents to everyone and she has a really good Christmas spirit

Alice:  Christmas because I would make sure she joined me and David and Neil for one of our middle of the night junk-food-eating, present-peeking parties

Sophie:  winter because that's my favorite holiday

If Jamie weren't a full-time mommy to Anya, she would make a great:

Alice: chef

Mia:  dog trainer

Madeleine;  interior designer

Chris:  beer wench at a golf course 

Grace:  cleaning the dishes?

Sophie:  someone who can play with me

I love Aunt Jamie because:

Grace:  she always lets me pet Roo Bug and Pumpkin

Madeleine:  she's generous, fun to talk to, has an awesome daughter and bakes endless amounts of Christmas cookies

Mia:  she always calls me "Mia Muffin" and she loves me

Chris:  for her seven layer dip

Sophie:  she flips me over

Alice:  for lots of reasons--she's thoughtful, kind to the kids, funny, has a great laugh, is a good sport (the 5K walk right in front of the police car comes to mind)--mostly though, I love her just because she's my little sister.  I think that's reason enough.

So, Happy Belated Birthday Jamie!  Lots of love from all the Doyles!