Questions from the kids

How do you explain to a six year old and a three and a half year old that their new baby sister cannot see?
Alex said, "But, she opened her eyes." and Sammie said, "Look Mommy her eyes are open so she can see."
(Eli is only 19 months so he doesn't get any of it, but he LOVES to kiss his new baby sister)
So, I explain to them that Lilah was born not being able to see. I continue to tell them how we cannot see her pupil through her very cloudy corneas....in Mommy's best version of speech they can understand...."Go look in the mirror. You see the black spot in your eye? Well, we can't see Lilah's black spot."
Sammie said, "Mommy, it looks like she has plastic over eyes."
Alex said, "If she is blind then why don't her eyes have X's on them like the books do?"
Once again, I try to explain her condition. I explain, as best I can, that Lilah needs new corneas, new windows for her eyes. The girls have been told that Mommy and Daddy have to take Lilah to a special doctor in Atlanta who will be doing surgery on Lilah's eyes. Sammie, ever ready to do something, wants to go..... while Alex, a Mommy's girl, doesn't want us to make the trip.
They understand so much to be so young. They pray for Lilah daily. Sammie's prayer, "Dear God, help her eyes for the Lord, Amen." So cute, so right. Alex is my worrier and thinker who doesn't vocalize her prayers as often.
The questions from Alex and Sammie make me so emotional. I am an adult and I have a hard time with all of this. I can only imagine what is going on in their minds. But, no matter what, the kids love Lilah. Eli points to her and says, "baby"and "Lilah" and rubs her head and kisses her. Sammie kisses her every minute, begs to hold her, and is so glad to be a big sister again. Alex loves Lilah. Tonight she held her, kissed her, and rocked her in our bed for the longest time. The whole time she held her, she kept telling Lilah, "You are so pretty." Then Alex looked at me and said, "She's so pretty."
Yep, My six year old summed it up. She is so pretty.
We are so blessed. God has given us four beautiful children. The last one is changing the world!!