Aiden was busy playing with his train in the family room. Sky and I went to the playroom. I had some spongy bunny and Easter eggs stickers that Laila said could put on the windows in there.
Sky watched carefully as I carefully took a sticker off the card and stuck it onto the window. Sky did one, and then quickly did two, and three. She was proud of her work.
“Do you want to get Aiden to help us?” I asked.
“No,” she said and continued to pry a purple egg off the card.
“Here’s a boy bunny, do you think we should save this for Aiden?” I asked.
“No,” she said seriously not wanting to interrupt her work.
The third time I asked about including her brother she decided it might be a good idea to bring him in. Sky ran to the playroom door, hesitated, and turned back to me raising her pointer
finger.
“One more,” she said as she ran back to get another bunny and fit it into the perfect place. She smiled, satisfied, and ran off.
When Aiden came and saw the stickers he immediately tried to take one off the window.
Sky wedged herself between the window and her brother and yelled “Mine!”
So I gave Aiden a sticker and asked him if he could put his on a high spot on another window.
Gleefully he ran across the room, stood on a chair and put his too high for anyone to mess with. Sky didn’t care because her sticker creations were safe and she could rearrange them at will.
Sky knows how to share, but sometimes a girl needs to be alone with her Nana.
- Nana Beth
The stickers were too much fun and the story makes me ;-)
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I love this story. It really captures the dynamics of their current relationship. They love each other and like to play with one anther but they also know how to push each others buttons.
ReplyDeleteAiden taunts Sky and Sky defends herself every time. She knows very well when her brother is going to be cooperative and when her brother is going to mess with her.
On the other hand, Aiden get all worked up when he's arranged all of his trains and Sky comes and grabs on right out of the middle, destroying the entire setup. I hear "No Sky that's NOT nice!" all the time. Aiden's excitement makes Sky run off with Aiden's toy laughing gleefully until she knows she's going to be caught then she stops and calmly hands it back to him.
Dear Mama Laila, you are doing such a marvelous job documenting the daily growth of these precious children of yours. It makes a Mother so proud to see her own children stand their own ground with each other and at the same time rely on each other always. You should be commended for the many skills you and Adam are teaching your children. So many young parents only hit the high spots of their children's lives because it takes both parents working outside the home these days. You have built a warm, loving, caring and bonding relationship for your children to base their entire lives on. I am priviledged to be able to share what you and Adam do for your family.
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