TBT: siblings

This was taken around the time our youngest brother Charles (aka "baby Charlie") was born (we were 4, 5, and 6). My mom hired a teenaged girl from church, Helen Horton, to help out that summer. (We called her Helen Hortonhead.)  Nan told her specifically that she would be doing cleaning and helping around the house. It was not child care. My mom wanted to take care of the baby and us but needed an extra set of hands. One day while vacuuming, Helen's long red hair got tangled up in the vacuum. My mom's first instinct was to grab scissors! Helen timidly said, "Sister Patton, will you call my mother?" She did and Sister Horton (our piano teacher) came over and saved Helen's hair. ‪#‎pattonmemories