Can you recreate magic?

Something happened tonight.  Weird, almost paranormal, you might say.  We are still shaking our heads, trying to figure it out.

These 3 kids played together.  Without fighting.  For a solid hour.  And THEN they decided to work together to-brace yourselves-clean up and make beds (without being asked).  And it carried over into supper where Jack was happy to get them their drinks. 

This comes on the heels of my neighbor telling me that earlier in the week Lily stopped her as she was returning from the mailbox and had this conversation with her.

Lily: "Hey, Gloria, do you want Jack?"

Gloria:  "Well, I'm not sure what your mom would think of that..."

Lily: "If you can take him, it's for keeps!"

So I'm sitting here trying to think what magic happened so that we can recreate it...because it was 1950's bliss.  

(picture was taken by Macy)