Things with siblings
There are many positive things I can share about having two kids, but if I have to just name one right now, it’d be the fact that the little one often gets so interested in what the older one is doing that I can nowadays let them do stuff together, while I go about doing other things around the house.
They’d laugh, tumble and tickle each other silly.
They’ll play follow the leader, where one does something and the other tries to copy it (and yes, our home does get pretty noisy quite often!)
They’d drag my bolsters out to the living room and play horsie around the house (while I occasionally take a quick glance from the kitchen and roll my eyes knowing that they’re actually SWEEPING the floor too at the same time!)
When it comes to arts and crafts time, Anya prefers to do stuff by herself though (for obvious reasons).
Vai, being younger by 2.5 years, is still into very simple crafting and Anya doesn’t quite welcome his frequent distractions.
And so during such sessions I’d usually be hearing ”Mommmyy… Vai took away my glue without saying please!!!’ or ‘Vaiiiii … don’t scribble on my drawing!!!’ rather often.
Then usually seconds later they’d see me coming casually, neutralising the situation, telling everyone to play and not snatch nor scream at each other, to always say please when asking for someone else’s things, to appreciate someone’s work, to share what they have … blah blah blah.
[Yes, with two kids around, Mommy talks, explains and repeats herself a lot. It’s pretty scary!]
Well.
Things sure are less simple now that we have two kids. There are good days and tough days, and yes, I do get grumpy and impatient too.
But really, if I have to weigh the good and the tough aspects of having two, the good still outweighs the bad, by a lot!
Well, at least that’s how we feel anyway.
