For over five years we only had two children. It was ideal. A girl. A boy. When we brought Seth home from the hospital Ellen took charge. That baby boy was all hers.
For years they played “Bears and Dogs” which meant they played with stuffed bears and well, yeah, stuffed dogs. They didn’t need anyone else interrupting their play time. I was a very lucky mom to have two kids that got along so well together.
Watching them cling to each other as they ice skated reminded me of the two little kids that never liked to see the other one get in trouble or get hurt.
However, this scene reminded me they are both teenagers and delight in their sibling’s pain and agony maybe a bit too much at times. What happened to the “Bears and Dogs” days?
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Ha HA ha ha! That last photo is too funny!
Love the last picture!
My girls are 15 months apart and they are either best friends or worst enemies. They now have brothers, ages 2 and 1, who are continuously ruining everything they try to play.
I have 2 younger brothers – the youngest is 4 1/2 years younger than me, and he was my baby. For a long time he called me his second mommy. Once, I told my parents that he was spoiled and they both looked at me and said, “Yeah, and who’s fault is that?”
Now, I have 4 children, and the second oldest is very much a mommy to her little brother and sister. Her little brother is only 22 months younger than her and she has always taken care of him and done everything for him. Now that he’s 6, we had to tell her that really he was big enough to dish up his own plate at the table.
My oldest is a girl. She is only 2 1/2 years older than her first brother. But my sister called her ‘Mama Hen’ because even at that age she was all about taking care of him. When the next baby came along she was 13. It was great…until everyone in public would ask if the baby was hers while she was holding him. It got to where she would not hold him in public. She was 13 for Pete’s sake! I know society is different nowadays, but come on, people. Despite that she was a great ‘mama’ and will be when her first is born in June. Can’t wait.
That’s funny! My girls are really good friends now, although there was lots of fighting earlier. One is 17 and one is 21 As long as there are no boyfriends, they get along great! Add a boy in and the other one feels like their sister is being taken over and then it is sadness masked by meanness! They are silly!
That’s too funny! I love that picture
That last picture is exactly perfect!
My girl and boy are 3.5 year apart and get along more often than they don’t. We’re pretty lucky. There is no chance of us breaking that lucky streak by adding any more!
Those two pictures sum up the extremes of sibling relationships!
Funny! Aww, what cute kids- gotta love’em.
Yep, that about says it all. We have seven children, all but one, grown and gone. Even now, when they come home as “adults”, they revert to “kids” again tryin to outdo one another. Don’t tell them this but that’s one of the things I love…seeing my grown boys wrestling in the living room like they were still kids.
hahaha So sweet. and hilarious.
Our two oldest, boy and girl, are 23 months apart – the best of friends the best of enemies.
Love that last one!
I’m sure having siblings get along is a wonderful thing…my two oldest, a boy and girl, fought as much as they played, as their personalities were diametrically opposed to one another…they are now married adults and still get on each other’s nerves fairly often but at least love each other too. The third came along almost 9 years after the first and was a pretty good buffer for the other two!
It seems like it’s all pretty wonderful still.
Oh, they are so funny!
My first two, both boys, almost never get along. My second set of two are twins and get along sometimes. The youngest gets along with almost everyone.