I say this jokingly....sorta!
We are in our 3rd week of summer visitation and Holy Lord these kids are wearing us OUT!
They fuss and fight (normal kid fights) with each other 99.9% of the time, and then out of the blue you'll catch the little one sitting next to the older one hugging him and it blows your mind.
It'll melt your little heart.
Re: My SKs should have been only children (LOL)
The 3 yr old constantly tells me that the 7 year old is "mean". But ...the minute we drop him off in the a.m. to daycamp she says she misses him. I think she misses the fighting LOL!
our 4yo has started using the word mean and meanie lately actually! except he uses it towards everybody (not a fan of it).
i figure if they argue oh well...they don't have to spend every minute together. i definitely didn't spend all my time growing up with my older brother.
they still tell each other goodnight though and brush their teeth together before bed.
i figure when they do argue and go off to their own rooms, its usually somewhat quieter for a while at that point!
Man, my sister and me growing up were like this too. One minute fighting and the next minute we're the best of friends. One time I threw a hairbrush at her head. When it hit her in the forehead she started crying and I burst into tears too. LOL.
She's my best friend now.