Storm and Thunder

At Little AHOPE, two of the first kids who I really felt I connected with were Storm and Thunder. Storm and Thunder are twins and about 4 years old. They are absolutely adorable and have very short hair that you can tell they must have had to have their heads shaved recently. They were probably the first kids who wanted to spend time with me and the other volunteers. They love to be held and spun around and put up on the wall outside or small wall next to the main the house where we would sit and watch the kids play. They really just wanted to sit next to you up high, but were too little to figure out how to get up there. But if Storm is sitting next to you then Thunder wants to sit next to you, but if you pick up Thunder and put her up there, then Storm is not happy with you. Very competitive like sisters but are almost always together... also like sisters. They made you feel useful though because they wanted you to help them color or play with playdoh or Legos. I took them on the Ferris Wheel at Vera's and they were daredevils, kept trying to get up to peer over the railing!!

One day about a month into our summer, we were spending the afternoon playing with play doh and I had been working with Storm- just flattening her play doh and then having her cut out animal shapes with cookie cutters. She had such a great attention span, we were doing this for quite a long time. Then it was just about time for us volunteers to go and for the kids to have dinner when suddenly it started raining. So we hung out in the living room, and Storm climbed up on my lap and we were playing patty cake. Then Thunder wanted on my lap, so I let her climb up behind Storm and normally she would have argued to get to be in front to play but then it really started storming and both girls jumped and both just laid down in my lap and hugged each other and me until the storm died down. It was so cute and also showed that they were willing to share when they needed to.

UPDATE: I got lucky and I got to meet Storm and Thunder's mother when she came to pick them up in late July-- and seeing the three of them together was amazing!! Wish I could share the pictures with you-- a beautiful family!!