One of the advantages of having girls with such a big age difference is that Joy is such a huge help with her baby sister! Lately, she has even been giving her baths. She washes her hair and very carefully rinses the soap out (much more carefully than I would - I think this comes from her own recent memories of having water dumped over her head unceremoniously by moi).
And Clara, of course, loves nothing more than having her big sister play with her...
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