lalicopa | Lily the Hero

Yesterday I went upstairs to fetch clothes for me and Lily to wear. I left the girls in the den, which is 2 steps down from the kitchen (which leads to the basment, living room and dining room). I was upstairs for about 3 minutes when I heard Ella screaming and Lily scolding her. This isn't unusual. I yelled down to them but couldn't quite hear what Lily was saying. I ignored it thinking that since Ella was "trapped" in the den that nothing too bad could have happened. I heard Lily say something else, so I went closer and asked her again. She said, "Mommy, Ella's trying to go down the basement stairs."

I bolted down the stairs to find them both sitting on the top step of the basement. Lily had her arm out across Ella's chest preventing her from going down. She wouldn't get up because she didn't want Ella to fall. And Ella screaming was when she tried going down and Lily physically blocked her.

What a good sister!