Kintropy In Action

Gabriel has been an amazing big brother of late.

When he builds a fort he wants Hannah to come in and share it with him.

One of his latest ideas is to turn the family room floor into a jumble of all the pillows in the house. He takes the one pillow from his bed. Then he grabs Robert's and my pillows from our room. Next comes the six pillows from Hannah's room. That is followed by the three pillow wedges from various rooms. He tops it off with all the pillows from the couch. Then he proceeds to dive under and recline on them. Then he insists Hannah be put in the middle of it. She rolls around and over them which I believe is good for her spatial awareness. He has essentially made a rolling child's obstacle course. Once he is bored with the rolling and lounging, he starts hiding their toys in various areas beneath the pillows to hunt for them. Hannah just tries to get his action figures and tries to see how long she can chew them before she is caught.

He has started having conversation with her. He does both parts. He gets annoyed when I'm too close, but it is great to watch Hannah's face while these quote conversations are going on. She rolls her eyes sometimes, will clap her hands with excitement or just laugh at him. He loves to make Hannah laugh. She likes to do the same to him.

I must say that this makes me happy. I never expected my children to like each other. I'm an only child and just watched most siblings argue. I know this a honeymoon period. When she starts walking and destroying his stuff, things are going to get real heated. For now, I'm relishing the time of bliss between the siblings.

--Mom