BFFs

Anyone that has a four and a two year old will tell you that it can be challenging at times. Things are no different around here. We're not going to claim that Isabelle and Oliver don't have disagreements (or maybe battles...) once in a while. But in reality it could be much worse. To no one's surprise, Isabelle has settled into a great big sister to little Oliver. Whenever she is practicing her letters, she writes the same words, Isabelle, Oliver, Mom, Dad. These words are all over any artwork she brings home from school. Tonight she went through one of her bags of art from school for the past month and started doling it out. Most of her pictures or paintings she wanted to give to her little brother. Even though she isn't feeling 100% the past few days, she is always looking out for Oliver, involving him in games and running wild down the halls with him. 

Oliver adores his sister, she is the first thing on his mind when he wakes up in the morning. When she didn't come into school with him yesterday, he kept saying "Belle, Belle, Belle?", wondering where his schoolmate was. Two years is a big gap when they are so young but we are lucky to have two kids that can reach a common ground. I'm sure now that this has been written we will be jinxed and they will stage World War III tomorrow but even if it does happen, they will get past it and remain best buds. They will always have a special bond and be able to enjoy things as brother and sister, and a big part of this will be their age proximity. Ups and downs are surely in our future but we like our chances with these two awesome kids.