Memories

As my boys were getting ready to sit down at the table for lunch today, they started fighting over who got the blue bowl. Does this happen in any other homes or just ours? :) Evan sat down where the blue bowl was and Mason immediately starts screaming "I want the blue bowl!" Evan in turn says "but I got here first". That makes Mace even more mad and he starts screaming, "but it's my favorite color". So I guess it's time to TRY to intervene. I pull Mason off the chair as he's starting to pinch Evan's face and Evan starts trying to get him back. I have to hold Ev back and try to reason with Mace. (Reasoning with a 3 year old - it's usually just a waste of time.) So by this time I remember that there is probably another blue bowl in the dishwasher. BINGO! Problem solved. Now they can both have their blue bowl and everyone's happy (until the next meal).

So my memory involves something sort of like this situation between my older sister, Kelli, and I when we were pre-teens. Our parents had our downstairs finished and that's where our bedrooms were going to be. So there was also a bathroom down there. Well, when the bathroom was done and we were using it for the first time, Kelli and I fought over who was going to flush the toilet first! Could there be anything more petty than arguing over something so dumb?! I doubt not. But we argued and fought for I don't know how long when Mom had to finally intervene and flush the toilet herself and then ground us both.

We both survived that time and I know we fought over many other things as all kids do, but I do credit my mother for not killing us both. Now I guess it's payback.

Thanks for that fun memory Kelli! Even though I was your nemesis and you really didn't like me back then, I love you. Thanks for all you do for my family and me.