New Maturity

Little Red Chief has been silently surprising us lately.
I keep catching him being quite the gentleman with his niece, E. Skye maiden.
It is always funny to consider him her uncle when they are only three years apart.

Today, they played outside in the sand box, at the swing set, and through the yard with one of our whacky beagles.

When they came in to get a drink of water, L.R.C. was carrying miss maiden's shoes. For such a boy as this... a touching thing it was to see.

Since then, he has encouraged her to drink more water since it was hot outside, told her she looked "real pretty" when she got dressed after a shower and opened all the new play dough containers for her.

His heart is bigger than his rough exterior sometimes lets people see!