Ah, summer... So much fun in so many ways, but so much time... together. I like to try to insist my three boys NEVER fight or bicker, but somehow, I seem to be unsuccessful in my dream of peace and quiet so far...
Don't get me wrong, my boys are buds. For the most part, they just love having each other around. They share a lot of the same interests and when forced to choose between playing together more civilly or separating, they always choose to stay together.
But they bicker. They push each other's buttons. They pester. Today, Ben even proclaimed, "Mom, one of the things that steals my joy is when Mitchell pesters me! And also not being able to go to the pool..."
I thought I had seen all the ways they get at each other, but this afternoon, I witnessed a new one: they fought through drawing pictures.
As I came into the kitchen, they were right in the middle of a big fight with, yes, pictures! Ben was drawing Mitchell crashing in his spaceship, to which Mitchell responded by scribbling Ben out of his picture. Ben retaliated by putting a dress on Mitchell, which really got Mitchell mad so he drew dog poop on Ben's head. Ben made a club list that he pointed out did NOT have Mitchell's name on it. Mitchell can't write very well yet, so he just wrote Ben's name and scribbled all over it.
This went on for a while until Mitchell was drawing on Ben's arm and then ended up knocked to the floor.
Ah, summer... Guess we'll go to the pool after all!
sounds like boys
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