Going through the photos, I saw a brotherhood develop. It is so much fun to watch the boys grow together. They are brother's. I hope forever but that is a different kind of post.
I often catching myself during my days just standing by and watching them. It does my heart good. CO has become a great big brother. He still has his controlling and rough moments. But on the most part he looks out for J and very much want to include J in everything he is doing. They still have thier moments of sibling rivalry and where they are spitting mad at eachother, but I think that is part of being family as the anger doesn't last, and they are happy together again. Part of the problem they face is the fact that J is only 2 and can't and shouldn't do everything that CO does. Another part of the problem is that CO is impulsive and doesn't necessarily know his own strength.
I love to hear them laugh, play and sing together. I love walking into a room and seeing them snuggling together reading a book. I love that CO will be a clown to make J laugh or vise versa. I love to watch them run around using their imaginations together.
This past week while cutting the grass (I drive the ride on tractor and the boys ride in the trailer behind), the boys were travelling with the sticks in the back (while cutting, I'll put fallen branches and sticks in the wagon, and then at the end we'll drive to the campfire pit and unload) and I could hear the boys using the sticks to hunt (like we were on a safari or something).
That is so great, Amy. I hope they are brothers for life too.
ReplyDeleteI can attest that siblings (as you probably know too, from being a sibling) can fight one minute and be BFF's the next. I see this with my stepdaughters all the time. They have a bond that will not break, which is nice to see.