Perhaps Charles Dickens was raising two boys when he penned the opening words to A Tale of Two Cities. He seems to describe the love/hate relationship between Scout and Timber perfectly.
A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it
was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the
season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of
despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were
all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way . . .
I would tweak it a bit though . . .
A Tale of Two Brothers
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of learning, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of cuteness, it was the epoch of tantrums, it was the season of Sharing, it was the season of Selfishness, it was the spring of brotherly love, it was the winter of sibling rivalry, we had every toy before us, we fight over one toy before us, we were all going direct to playtime, we were all going direct to time out. . .
You get the point. The boys fight a lot and it drives me crazy. From what I've heard this is just part of having boys. They'll outgrow it. I think sisters are the opposite. They get along great at first and then start fighting and driving each other crazy as they enter their tween years. Of course, eventually they ALL grow up and become mature adults who love and respect one another and don't poke each other in the eye. Hopefully.
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Today is laundry day. Flora always asks which day it is when she wakes up. Sunday is church day, Monday is laundry day, Tuesday and Thursday are school days, Wednesday is home day, Friday is Daddy day, and Saturday is the-day-before-church-day day.
So when she found out that today was laundry day her unexpected response was, "Oh yea! Mommy, I love laundry day because laundry day means it's family posh day!" Uh . . . okay. Whatever that means. Then she ran off to "get fancy."
And then we were getting ready to go grocery shopping and she walked into the room wearing two different shoes. I told her to go put on two of the same shoe and her reply was, "Well, Mommy, it's laundry day so there won't be any people at Walmart to see my shoes because they'll all be at home doing laundry." So then I had to explain that our laundry day wasn't everyone's laundry day.
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We always swing by the bakery when we do our Walmart shopping because they give cookies to the kids. When the nice bakery lady handed Scout his cookie he surprised her and me both when he said, "Thanks, Darlin'!"
