“Mommy, I need your phone.”
Those were the words I heard from Gage at 4:45am Saturday morning. Emilee tried to work through the haze to tell
Gage that it was too early to be up and that he needed to go to bed. He muttered something about being bored and
walked to his room. About five minutes
later he returned to tell Emilee that he needed to go to the bathroom. She got up and helped him get his business done,
and then he wandered back down the hall and finally went back to sleep. She rolled over and asked me why he was up at
4:45am on a Saturday. My simple reply
was “what did you expect”?
You see, our kids have the amazing ability to read when we
have the opportunity to sleep or relax.
The same kids that have to be pried out of bed during the week fly out
of bed on the weekends. The same kids
who fight tooth and nail to get up at 6:30 and get ready for school are up and
ready to go tackle any event by 5am … on the weekends. Always
with the contradictions with these two.
The same kids who can’t find a way to share a single Lego
out of a thousand piece set are always found in the same bed. The kids who can’t seem to get along can’t
ever be pulled apart. If she goes, he
has to. If he is in the middle of
something she has to be right there. If
one has something, then the war starts as to why they have to have the same
Capri Sun or cup, but then you look over and they are laying all over each
other watching TV.
And they have started to pull Sophie into the gang. She follows them constantly. Sometimes you hear crying and sometimes you
see sweetness. Sometimes there are
arguments, and sometimes they share wonderfully. They read to each other, and they throw books
at each other’s heads. They fight like
crazy and they already watch out for each other. I really hope that stays intact. Too many of
us start that way and drift.
I wonder how tight Kelly and I were when we were that
little. I know we didn’t always have the
best relationship, but it has gotten better over the past few years. I hope my little guys don’t have to go through
the rough spots that Kelly and I went through.
But, do know that watching my kids figure things out makes me think that
they might be smarter than we were. AT
least I hope so for their sake.
We have a long way to go to see how this turns out. I know there are going to be epic battles and
I hope sincere make-ups. Whatever they
go through I hope they understand that Emilee and I are always here to take
care of them. Even if we would rather be
sleeping in…
Keep Smiling,
Rob
