MINE

"Dats my Brofer".

Is a sentence

we have been hearing very often from 

Big Guy.

He has become super

protective over Baby.

If he thinks anyone is getting too close,

that is his warning....

back off

cause Big Guy

is watching!

I love their closeness,

it warms my heart,

but honestly

the other end of the spectrum

has been

very difficult.....

The brotherly

quarrels.

They want to be around each other,

play together,

stand up for

one another,

but....

they usually want

the 

same

toy,

which often ends in

some one

crying,

time out

and stressed out parents.

When Sean was born

a good friend,

that has 3 boys 

also close in age,

told me to start buying

2

of everything.

I laughed.

I am not laughing now!

But, they are starting to 

loose the "mine" 

attitude

and 

more often than not,

this is what we see.....

Big Guy pushing Baby

up onto the chair

so 

"We can be togever".

(guess who dressed them this day?!)

Working together

to hang the flag...

and scream...

"Happy 4th of July everybody!!"

Teamwork

for art projects...

(Pinterest failed me again....)

Building,

maintaining

and managing

Ryan Farms.

(yes, Gracie Girl is always in there too!)

So, although

this stage is a little tough,

these times

win!

love, the rockinryans