big brother and kid sister

trevan was working late and i was busy being domestic (dinner and dessert? wow.), so the kids took to entertaining themselves at my feet. i was rocking out to glee and i looked down to find these 2 being siblings, best friends, and laughing at each others craziness. it made me very happy to be where i am. my life felt good, it felt necessary, and i felt like everything so far has been worth it, just for that little moment.

jude is the best big brother. he adores greta and he totally gets her. he understands her gibberish and he knew she too would want headphones and a strainer on her head. we had an incident last week where some kids were calling greta a "stupid baby". it broke jude's heart, he sobbed and sobbed and held greta close and told her she wasn't a stupid baby. i am glad greta has a big brother to protect her. jude's love for his sister brings a tear to a glass eye. i adore him.

and this one? well, she wants to be jude. she has to play with whatever he is playing with, sing when he is, laugh when he is, yell when he yells, and be near him at all times. they both love a "bubba hug" (as jude calls them) and love to sit next to each other on the couch with their own silkies sitting as close as you can humanly get to each other. lest you think they are always besties, know that they also fight a lot too. it can get a little rowdy. what can i say? we are passionate, loud people (trevan excluded). when they are fighting over something its always funny to hear who cries first because greta may be little but she can hold her own. all fights end up in a "bubba hug" and just as soon as the fight started its over and they are back to being brother and sister, best friends.

its good to have siblings.