I'm Watching You...

LM just adores her big sister. I actually think they adore each other, which surprises me. I have a younger mouse brother, and I can say without a doubt as a child, I did not adore him. I'm pretty familiar with sibling rivalry. My mom loves to tell me about the time someone asked me if I was excited to have a little brother and I said, "I'd rather have kittens." Given my history with cats, you know that's pretty big.

Anyway, LM has these huge blue eyes and no matter what BigM is doing, LM is always watching her with such admiration. And a lot of the times, BigM is not doing something worth admiring. Give her a break, she's only 2 and she's going through one of those independent streaks. So the majority of my day is spent saying, "BigM, why did I put you in time out?" Her rote answer is, "Betause I was a bad wistener." Even if she received said time out for hitting me or throwing her toys... she has learned that the reason for her punishment is "because she was a bad listener." Apparently that is an overused phrase in our household. But no one can make LM laugh like BigM can and she just looks at BigM like she's the most interesting creature on the face of the earth. (Actually, she probably is. The rest of us are giants.)

BigM could not be a sweeter big sister; even when LM scoots over and disturbs her toys or pulls her hair or does some equally annoying little sister thing, BigM rarely gets mad. And when LM cries, BigM is the first to run over and try and console her with a big kiss and a hug and if that fails, she'll yell, "Div her some Mommy Miwlk, she hungree," even if the reason she's upset is because I set her down right after nursing.

I really do hope they will become the best of friends. I'm charting new territory here- I adore my lil bro now, but we really didn't get along when we were kids- mostly because I was a snotty, mean older sister (I'll admit it. And I should probably call him and apologize now!)