doesn't he? he certainly has moments, but don't be fooled.
obviously having a little brother is confusing. he cries, he stinks sometimes, he doesn't do much and yet he takes up a remarkable amount of his parent's time. what's a 2 year old to do? why, act like a blazing, mad maniac of course.
some clips from the week's highlight reel:
* at the park, he shoved a friend into the soccer goal and ran away with his arms in the air yelling 'GOOOOAAAALLL'
* swat, spit or do both at any human who tries to say hello in public. scowl when someone says 'you're adorable' or 'what beautiful hair.'
* launch tv remotes and the phone off the couch onto wolly's peacefully sleeping head.
* dive bomb off a chair. when you're ignored, stand in the middle of the living room and drop suddenly from standing to lying down (the way someone would if they'd just dropped dead) over and over until someone notices and tells you to stop.
* take your diaper off when you're supposed to be napping and scream 'PEE PEE, PEE PEE, PEE PEE, PEE PEE' until someone comes in and takes you to the toilet
on the plus side, he didn't pee all over his bed. for this, i'm thankful and also slightly proud.
luckily, none of this awfully offensive and at times embarrassing behavior (because none of it limited to the confines of our home) has been directed at his little brother. to him, he's incredibly tender and sweet. to us, though - specifically to me - he's punishing.
so unfortunately, the honeymoon is over. do you have any idea how difficult it is to be compassionate but really firm with a wailing, flailing little rager? sometimes i seriously want to poke his eyes out.
on the plus side, this can't possibly last forever and it certainly can't get much worse (knock on wood).
and he is pretty cute.
it's a damn good thing.
5 comments:
is this story about T1 or T2??
obviously, none of these are Emery traits. grandpop emery
grandpop emery?? youe on here?
wow. didnt you invent the blackberry??
Hello there - I enjpy checking your blog from Addie's blog - I am the Preachers Kid blogger -
Congratulations on THomas!!! We also just had a second boy and have a 2 year old, and I wanted to tell you that Casey went through the same stuff and it was awful - I cried a lot!! It's hard to know what is a result of being a 2 year old and what is about the changes. Either way, its so hard. Casey was like you said, always nice to Sam but so mean to me. A friend of mine who has a 2 yr old and 4 yr old gave me this advice which I have found to be very true - so I will pass it along to you - "It won't get easier, but it will get better." Hang in there!!!
It lasted a good long while around here, probably almost a year. Good times.
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