Photo: Erin Napier/Instagram; Manny Carabel/Getty
Helen knows how to make her mom smile.
On Wednesday,Erin Napiershared asweet post to Instagramabout her attempt at French braiding her 4-year-old daughter’s hair and revealed the little girl’s heartwarming response when it didn’t turn out as she hoped.
“I cannot French braid. I have tried and I have tried. I watched all the youtube videos. I can paint and I can make pottery but my hands are absolutely unable to braid my daughter’s hair. After trying for 30 minutes, this is what I had done and I was supremely frustrated,” Erin wrote alongside a photo of Helen’s hair.
“Helen asked to see a picture of it, and I showed her this,” she continued. “She cringed so slightly, raised her hand to touch it, smiled big and said, ‘Oh mommy you did such a good job. It’s still pretty.’ And my eyes watered and I told her I would take it out if she didn’t like it, and she said, ‘No! I love it. It IS a French braid. You’re a good mommy.’ "
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“And that’s how you get a caramel milkshake, Helen girl,” teased Erin.
“Sweetest!! ❤️❤️❤️,” Mandy Moore replied while Drew Scott added, “😂Amazing!!!”
TheHome Townstar shares Helen and 8-month-old daughter Mae with husband Ben Napier.
In December, the couple spoke to PEOPLE about life with their two daughters, sharing that they’refinding their “rhythm” as a family of four.
“It feels like every day is a dance, and it has to be carefully choreographed for us to get to the end and all feel good about it,” Erin joked in PEOPLE’s cover story.“The wheels fall off around 5 p.m.”
Ben’s day starts at 4:30 each morning and, he said, “I have every minute planned and scheduled until 8:30 or 9, whenever we get Helen in bed.”
“We’re just trying to find our rhythm,” Erin explained. “We had a rhythm as a family of three, and now we’re a family of four. Mae needs things when she needs them, and so does Helen and so do we. It’s a challenge, but I think we’re figuring it out.”
source: people.com
