Just like all things, change is a coming. In this instance, THANK GOODNESS! In the last week, Colt has been so shockingly sweet to his brother and just yesterday, I saw Colt display the purest example of brotherly unconditional love: he made his brother his partner in crime.
In the last week Colt has done the following (oh yes, I have kept track):
- He shared his favorite stuffed puppy (Fancy dog) with Sam on a wagon ride
- He wanted to hold Sam on the slide while he went down 30 times in a row (Sam wasn't quite sure about this)
- He shared his goldfish with Sam by stuffing one after another in his mouth until Sam was borderline choking (he really was being sweet, Sam just can't eat them as fast as Colt)
- He also fed Sam his baby food (only stuffing the spoon a few inches into Sam's esophagus - don't worry, he didn't choke)
This has been such a sweet, welcome change of behavior! What really got me though was yesterday morning when I went to get dressed. I dressed the boys and went into my bathroom for maybe two minutes. When I came out, I found Colt eating a doughnut. He pulled the barstool over to the opposite counter, climbed on it, got a doughnut and climbed down - all in a two minute span. I started looking around for Sam and found him sitting behind the couch with his entire face covered in chocolate and sprinkles, holding a doughnut the size of his head, smiling from ear to ear. So, not only did Colt go to all that sneaky effort for himself, he made sure his baby brother benefited as well.
I'm beginning to think that maybe I shouldn't be so focused and worried about my boys getting along as babies and much more focused on them getting along a little too well as teenagers.
