Britney Spears may be on a six-month hiatus, but she's keeping busy, squiring her little sister Jamie Lynn Spears about while mother Lynne Spears takes care of her own sister, who is recovering from a bone marrow transplant in her battle with cancer.
"Britney has had sole responsibility for Jamie Lynn lately. She has played the role of me (Momma), while I am in Houston with Sandra," Lynne Spears wrote on her daughter's official website ( britneyspears.com).
Britney Spears and her little sister recently appeared together at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Then they both traveled up to Canada where Jamie Lynn was shooting a commercial.
But it hasn't been all mothering duties for Britney. She also spent time with college-age sister Laura Lynn Spears in Florida. Mother Lynne says her famous child is enjoying time out of the spotlight.
"She loves to be able to wake up when she wants and decide what she chooses to do each day," the website entry said. "There's no hair and makeup to sit through. Instead of catering, she has home cooking. Fame and fortune hasn't blemished Britney. She still enjoys the same simple pleasures with the same family and friends."
However Lynne Spears acknowledges her daughter is not a girl, yet not a woman, and not that innocent either. "Britney no longer sees the world through rose-colored glasses. She's had too many glimpses of the vices of humanity, mostly in the press."
