Little Bit's Visit

Little One's sister, Little Bit, is visiting from far away for a month. The visit is officially to her Aunt Lue's house, but Aunt Lue has graciously let her visit us twice, for a week, earlier, and now, for 2 more days.
It has been very healing to all of us to see this dear child after missing her for five years. The two sisters have enjoyed just hanging out, watching movies, talking, playing. We have been careful not to do the theme park thing, or other big adventures. We wanted LB to just remember our home and enjoy its simplicity.
We got some very poor snapshots of the girls last time so today we are going to Nearby Mall to have their picture taken. Each sister needs a picture of the other sister to keep. DH is coming along and we are all bustling to get ready to go. LO was up, in her new dress and fuschia silk ballet flats and straightening her hair at 7:30 and we all have gotten up one by one since. For LO to be up that early, and on task, really indicates how important this is to her, despite her adolescent refusals that anything matters to her as she is oh, so cool.
Little Bit is especially wise for her age and astounds many with her clear and sometimes painful insights. Yesterday we were at an appointment for two hours and we settled LB in the waiting room with Sissie's Prom Book. LO tears prom dresses from teen magazines and puts them in page protectors in a large binder. She and her friends take turns with the book overnight and write their opinions on sticky notes on the dresses: "Too much cleavige" (sic) "Makes her butt look big" "Love, love this dress but hate the shoes" and so on. So we armed LB with sticky notes and a pen.
The owner of the establishment saw her and said, "How do you like my dress?" LB looked up and said in her clear voice, "It is too old for your age. You should dress younger." The amazing part is, she was right.
So in a few minutes we are off to the mall, going to Limited Too to buy her the prettiest outfit they have, let her keep it on, and heading over to the photography studio.
Her parents do not allow her pic to be posted online (I don't blame them) but we will snail mail copies to all who care.
GTG...