It’s the morning of the photoshoot… you know how it goes… running around trying to get everyone dressed, fed, to STAY CLEAN, happy.  I arrive and the girls are timid, but all smiles.  They start to warm up - and the session quickly progresses from those timid smiles to the show-off stage:  “Watch this!”  “Look at me!”  And just as quickly to the “I’m DOOOOOOOOOOOONEEEEEEE!”  stage!  And this is when a parents’ best friend comes in… the bribe.  All it took was the promise of a sucker, and we were able to quickly move through some of the family images before the promise of a sucker was no longer good enough.  I pushed my luck just a bit when Mia was finally awarded her prized sucker and asked if I could have it.  I was actually looking for the cute pouty lip, but what I got instead just melted my heart.  She stuck out her hand and handed me the sucker and said, “sure.”  Then what followed was something you couldn’t have scripted any better… she happily shared that sucker with her little sister.  This series is one of my favorites of two sisters.  I could only imagine the fighting and pushing and tears that would have erupted should this have been my two boys with just one sucker.  I suppose the difference between girls and boys… or probably more true, the payoff of some great parenting.  (insert jealous sigh here!)