Sibling love

Sawyer was pretty cute this afternoon with his sister. Sometimes the words he uses surprise me. Reese was signing please to him trying to get his snack. He asked me if she could have an almond and I said no because she still only has four teeth. He responded to me by saying "Perhaps she could have a cranberry." Then he turned to her and said "I love you Reesey so I will give you two cranberries." When we got home he promptly kicked her in the chest with his shoe on as she tried to sit next to him to get her shoes off. Aaaaah the beauty of a sibling love/hate relationship. He also spilled water all over her and said "Not too bad. Not too bad. Just a little spill." then walked off singing "Love is an Open Door", or really just that sentence from the Frozen movie. He has only seen it once, but it was playing at the gym during his gymnastics class and it must of stuck. Reese has started talking so much. She mimics lots of the words we say and today after prompting she said "sawreee" (sorry) to Sawyer for the first time. Her first word was definitely birdie. Long before saying mama and papa, and she still says it all of the time. She is always looking for birdies. She has also started saying duck, woof for puppies, and today I noticed that when she sees a bunny she says hop. Sawyer loves making up words for her and he tells me all about what she wants (or what he wants her to want!)

crafty little guy!

Sawyer's new thing...learning to lie! These days when Sawyer gets in trouble he questions me. Not about why he is in trouble, but how I knew he was doing something wrong. I reply "I just know", or "mothers see everything". So then he asks me "Did you hear the door close? Did you see me on the monitor? Did you hear my footsteps?" It's like he is trying to get me to learn how to lie better so he can avoid getting caught next time. It's driving me crazy! Do other children do this?