This weekend we opened it up. It just so happens that the train table also Luke's favorite place to pull up, stand, and play. So before I knew it - the boys were playing trains together!!! *angels singing*
Of course, after 2 seconds of bliss, David was screaming, "NOOOO!!!! LUKE! He's grabbing it, Mommy! Put this where Lukey can't reach it! Stop, Lukey!!" Oh, look! They're having their first fight, too! It's a morning of firsts!
So after several minutes of gently encouraging them to share and play together and be kind (*ahem*), Luke was getting tired, so I picked him up and carried him into the kitchen, saying, "Okay, David, it's all yours. You can have all the trains to yourself now."
About 90 seconds later, David came into the kitchen and asked quietly, "Where's Luke, Mommy? I want to play trains with him!"
I've got a lot to learn about being a mom to brothers.
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David has quickly learned that it's more fun to share with Luke than to play doctor with Katy and be the patient. (Wise man.)
Pretty cute.
Ah, brothers...I have such a soft spot for this stuff! Even the arguing- it's how they learn to play together. I love how Luke is eating the train station in one of the pics! They do figure out very quickly that it's more fun to have a buddy than to play alone in peace :)
Ah! I SO relate to this post! My boys are best, best friends and mortal enemies. It's both all the time. But the friendship definitely outweighs all the fights and punches (yes, they punch A LOT. What can I do?).
What really struck me in these photos was how much Luke looks like Katy!
But it isn't just brothers! Michael and Harper fight like crazy - it actually sounds a lot like them.
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