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Friday, December 16, 2011

discovering friendship

We had this ideal.  This dream, if you will.  If we had two children close in age then they would be best of friends.  This was Ben's reality with his older sister.  So, of course, it would be ours too.

Well, it's been quite the opposite most days here.  Until...about a week and a half ago.  It's like they woke up one morning and decided that being friends is easier than fighting.  No warning, just sudden friendship.

I'm pretty sure there was some secret meeting where they signed a truce.

Since then, they play, dance, help each other, and cause each other to belly laugh, all the time.  I'm still in shock.  I find them coming up with games and playing together.

This was one such time...peekaboo's a lot more fun with two than one.



I've been trying to include my little ones with household responsibilities lately.  They still think it's fun to "help mommy".  While it takes longer, it's definitely worth the effort.  Here they are "helping" me make some chocolate covered pretzels to gift.


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2 comments:

Darla said...

it's the age. One day, VOILA. They hit a "mark" where they can be on the same page and no longer be annoying to each other. Same thing happened with my two!

brite said...

So cute. They will probably have plenty of days where they get on each other's nerves, but they will become less and the friendship/playing together will become more frequent. It's why this stage (so far, in my VERY limited experience!!) is the hardest...it just gets easier after you finally get over the hurdle of no one (child) caring about the other person!!

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