Monday, September 23, 2013

Conversations with Batman: On Brotherly Love

Whenever I post about the boys on Facebook, people always tell me, "You should put these stories in a book!" Fortunately, my wonderful little brother has done that for me the last 2 years (here's hoping for a third!), so it's fun to look back at all the funny, cute, and silly things that happen between the boys. Here are a few "mini stories" about brotherly love...

February 27, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 2 months old
At the store tonight, Drew was riding in his car seat in the cart. He was crying, so I was rocking the car seat to calm him down. Jacob wanted a turn rocking the car seat, so after I got Drew to stop crying, I said, "Okay Jacob, it's your turn now." Jacob looks at Drew and says, "But he's not crying anymore," and then bursts into tears. And the kids win again!

June 3, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 5 months old
Jacob to Drew this morning: "Drew, I'm not going to tickle you if you're whining and crying. Here's what has to happen. First I need to eat breakfast, then I can tickle you, and then when you get crabby, you can take a nap and I can watch a movie."


June 11, 2013
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 5 months old
Jacob: Mommy, I want you to make Drew say, "I wish I could have fruit loops for breakfast."
Me: Okay, Drew says, "I wish I could have fruit loops for breakfast."
Jacob: No, Drew. You're a baby. You only eat milk. Mommy, now make Drew say, "But I really want fruit loops."
Me: Okay Drew says, "Bu I really want fruit loops."
Jacob: (sighs dramatically) "You talk to him, Mommy."

June 16, 2013
Jacob 3 years old; Drew 5 months old
Me: Look, Jacob, Drew found the fish on his play mat.
Jacob: Can Drew get a sticker?
Me: Drew doesn't have a sticker chart.
Jacob: I will share my sticker chart.

Nice try, bud.

June 28, 2013
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 6 months old
Jacob: Why didn't your tummy broke when Drew came out?
Me: Because that's how mommies are made. Their tummies don't break when babies come out.
Jacob: Is there another baby in your tummy?
Me: No.
Jacob: I really like two babies. Then you could have one to feed, and I could have one to feed.
Me: You'd like that?
Jacob: Mm hmm. I could feed Drew and you could feed the new baby. I really love Drew.

July 8, 2013
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 6 months old
Jacob: Drew, you can't watch the dinosaur movie. You have to take a nap.
Me: Maybe Drew can just dream about dinosaurs.
Jacob: Drew, dinosaurs are really scary.
Me: Okay, maybe Drew can dream about puppies.
Jacob: Puppies might bark at you Drew.
Me: Maybe he can dream about chickens.
Jacob: Chickens might poop on you, Drew.
Me: Then Drew can dream about fish.
Jacob: Fish might make you all yucky. And you would say, eww! Gross!
Me: Okay, Drew can dream about horses.
Jacob: Okay. Horses are good.

August 9, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 7 months old
This just about sums up today:

"No, it's my turn to cry, Drew!" - Jacob

August 16, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 7 months old
Today Jacob said to Drew, "Stop crying, Drew. Your crying makes my ears hurt. It makes my ears want to die."

The writer in me is sort of proud of his understanding of hyperbole. The mom in me is slightly disturbed.

September 8, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 8 months old
Jacob to Drew this morning: "You have oatmeal all over your face, Drew. I bet I could eat you after I finish my scrambled eggs."

September 8, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 8 months old
I guess Jacob has it out for Drew this morning: "It's time for you to go back in mommy's tummy!"

September 10, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 8 months old
Jacob is at preschool, which means Drew has free reign over all the toys in the living room. I think it may be the best morning of his life.

September 18, 2012
Jacob 3 years old; Drew, 8 months old
While riding his red plastic motorcycle...

Jacob: Now I'm going to run over you, Drew!
Me: No you're not.
Jacob: Okay, then I'm going to shoot fire out of the back of my motorcycle at you, Drew!
Me: Okay, that's fine.

September 21, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 8 months old
Jacob is feeding Drew while I work in the kitchen. I am a genius.

October 4, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 9 months old
Jacob: Drew, you are weird. Definitely weird.
Me: Why is Drew weird?
Jacob: Because he just grabs trash. He thinks he's a garbage truck.

October 18, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 9 months old
"Isn't she a beauty, Drew?" - Jacob, about the race car carts at Hy-Vee

October 21, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 9 months old
During dinner, Drew threw his cup on the floor off of his high chair. Jacob picked it up for him and said, "We're not playing right now, Drew. I'm trying to eat my dinner." When Drew immediately threw the cup on the floor again, Jacob scowled and said, "That's it. I'm not getting your cup anymore."... Two words: poetic justice.



October 29, 2012
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 10 months old
Me: Look, Jacob! Drew is standing all by himself.
Jacob: Drew! You're standing all by yourself! I'm so proud of you! You really are changing into a big boy!

January 10, 2013
Jacob, 3 years old; Drew, 1 year old
Jacob: I wish I could be a daddy so I could do whatever I want.
Me: Did you know that once when you were 2 you asked me why I was tired, and I said it was hard work being a Mama? Then I asked if you if it was hard work being a kid, and you told me it's good to be a kid.
Jacob: I know, but it's hard work being a brother.
Me: Why is it hard to be a brother?
Jacob: It's hard not to do naughty things to your baby brother.

True enough.


February 27, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 13 months old
Me: Daddy doesn't want to have any more kids in our family.
Jacob: Aww man, why?
Me: He thinks two is enough. How many do you think is enough?
Jacob: I think one is enough.


March 7, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 14 months old
"If you get in the dishwasher, you'll get super super messy, and your outfit will get messy, and our whole baby will be ruined and won't be the cutest baby anymore. So that's why you can't get in the dishwasher, Drew." - Jacob

May 1, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 16 months old
Drew slipped in the tub and split his chin open. He may have bit his tongue too -- I'm not really sure, but there was a lot of blood until we got it under control. Jacob's commentary during this event:

"I don't ever want my mouth to bleed like that." 

"Make that water go away. I want new bathwater. Drew ruined that water with blood. Sorry, Drew, but you didn't make a very good bath for me." 

Clearly the sympathetic older brother!



May 10, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 16 months old
Jacob and Drew were playing so nicely down at the end of the hallway that for awhile I "hid" in the kitchen and sun room so I wouldn't distract them. When I finally decided to check on them to see what they were doing, I found them playing with a handful of sharp toothpicks, a few wooden skewers and 2 cork screws.


May 26, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew 17 months old
Recently Jacob figured out how to defeat the child proofing on our cabinets. Now Drew can do it too. Coincidence or conspiracy?

August 24, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 20 months old
"Drew's diaper is really stinky. It's wafting over here." - Jacob
Wafting? Where did he pick that up?

August 28, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 20 months old
Yep, the boys actually had this fight this morning...

Jacob: Drew, I took away your super powers!
(Drew starts crying)
Me: Jacob, that's not nice. Give him his super powers back.
(Drew stops crying)
Jacob: But his super powers are bad!
Me: Drew, are you going to use your super powers to do good things?
(Drew shakes his head no)
Me: Are you going to use your super powers to do bad things?
Drew: Uh huh.
Me: Well, then I'm sorry, Drew. You can't have them back.
Jacob: Here, I'll go throw his super powers in the trash.
Me: No, we'll save them for later for when he's ready to use them for good.
Jacob: Okay.

September 15, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 20 months old
Apparently Jacob is ready to potty train Drew. He took him in the bathroom with him today and I overheard this...

"Now you sit on the little potty and I'll use the big potty. You're not ready for the big potty yet. Sit down now... yep... now push..... Did anything come out?...... Nope.... I wish we were experts at knowing when you needed to go potty."

September 19, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 20 months old
Jacob, Drew, and the talking lawn mower playing this morning...

Lawn Mower: It's time to fill up the gas! Where is the gas?
Jacob: No, Drew, that's the oil!
Lawn Mower: We need the gas!
Jacob: Not that one, Drew!
Lawn Mower: We need the gas!
Jacob: It's this one, Drew!
Lawn Mower: Great job!
Jacob: Bad job, Drew.

September 28, 2013
Jacob, 4 years old; Drew, 21 months old
While I was cleaning the kitchen, Jacob took Drew into the bathroom. When I went to check on them, I discovered that Jacob had taken Drew's pants and diaper off, Drew had used the potty chair and was working on getting his pants back on. He had managed one leg. We haven't started potty training Drew, but apparently Jacob has.







2 comments:

  1. The best blog post Ive ever read. Thanks! Makes me think about how my boys will be. (almost 3yrs for Ben and 11 months for Henry)

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  2. Wow, thanks! Funny brother moments are definitely on the way for you. :-)

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