After dinner this evening, my kids disappeared to the basement while I cleaned up the dishes. (Yes, husband works late again.) I come down to find them playing dress up--he's Buzz Lightyear and she's a fairy complete with wings. They are taking flying leaps off the steps (an approved activity if it's from the third step).
The playing continues rather nicely until I finish cleaning up. I slip into the next room to check some email and all is quiet. I hear these words:
I'm not going to ask you again.
I will help you.
Good job, Anna.
No, you should turn it around this way.
I walk into the room and see them both sitting on the floor in their underwear/diaper working on a puzzle. Alex is master of puzzles, and Anna has quite the time trying to get just two pieces together. But seeing them working together on anything was a nice change. Who are these kids?
Every once in a while I am relieved that my kids are spaced so closely. How nice for me that I have some time to do a few things and they can play together.
That's not to say everyday is like that. Yesterday I found Alex pushing Anna against a wall and trying to gouge out her eyes with his fingers. Ah, yes.....memories are always being made in this house. There's nothing like sibling love. Or is that rivalry.
11.14.2007
Sibling love . . . today
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Ahhh.. I loved the part of them playing so nice together but even more I loved the part about him trying to gauge her eye's out! That's terrible but I have an older boy and a younger girl- 19 months apart and the "nice" thing RARELY seems to happen. They're young yet - 1 and 2 1/2 but tell me it doesn't start for another year??!! Someone is going to get hurt! (it just might be my son- when I lose my patience!) :) Thanks for sharing- love these sibling stories...
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