Best of Buds!

I once read on someone's blog that she taught her children from the beginning that they were best friends. I read this when I was pregnant with the boys and told myself that they would be told that they were best friends, so that they would grow up knowing that this concept was a fact in their life. Not saying I am forcing them to be best friends, but we are praying that they will be taught that their brother will be their best bud. That it will be natural for them to see each other as their best friend. (sort of like you teach or child that a dog is a dog - it's a fact. or the color blue is the color blue. fact, not fiction.)

that may have been confusing.. but hopefully you guys get my point.



anyhow.

I had been concerned over the past few days as I have been observing the boys interacting with one another. They can be rather rough with one another. They love it and will laugh at each other when the other knocks him over and lays on top of him, or if one goes up to the other and head butts him, or hits him with that famous yellow bat. I acknowledge that part of why they do this is because a certain person in the household, who shall remain nameless (Hint: He is over 27 years old and when the boys see him they say "da da"), enjoys playing rough on the floor with the babies and showing them how funny it is to hit himself in the head with that famous yellow bat. Well - I told Mike yesterday that I think they may be acting too rough with one another and I am concerned that is how they may be treating other children in the nursery. However, if they are near each other and you say "Love brother" they will crawl to each other and place their heads gently on one another - it is precious as pie!



So, last night when I went to pick the boys up from the nursery, I asked her how they interact with the other kids. I was sure she was going to be polite and say "fine" but I was also expecting her to follow up with "they will sometimes steal the other child's pacifiers and then hit them on the head with it all the while laughing like it is the funniest thing they have ever done in their entire life!" or "occasionally they will crawl to a child and take a yellow bat and hit them on the head then proceed to hit themselves with it over and over and over again, once again with a big smile on their faces!" Those were not the responses she gave me.



She said that they normally will play near the back where there is a tunnel and a little play house thing by themselves. I asked what she meant by "by themselves" and she said they will play just with each other. Where one goes the other follows. If one leaves, the other leaves and goes where their brother is playing. She said they normally stick together and play with one another. This made this momma's heart very joyful. Out of all the babies and out of all the toys, they chose to play with one another. I have no doubt that these boys will become very sociable little guys - it's kinda in their parents nature to always want people around, but I was so joyful to see this bond between two little boys that are brothers and best friends - at the age of 16 months!

Michael and Jeremiah - You are best friends!!!