Just because

Oh what a big laugh I have when i hear the words or read the words, "I want my boys to be best friends.  I want them to play together and just have so much fun."  Typically, I'll bite my tongue and try not to laugh in said person's face.  Because reality...... brothers will fight like cats and dogs.  They might be "best friends" when they're 40!

LM is 4.5, and BB is 23 months.  They play together but they spend more time annoying each other and being mean to each other than they do getting along.  Maybe it's just my boys...... maybe all other little boys in the world get along all the time.  This I highly doubt but who the heck knows.  Most of the day is okay.... but when 5 o'clock rolls around, they push me to my limit.  I'm typically trying to get dinner prepped and on the table (THIS is why I do menus! If you don't plan your menu for the week, try it! Makes life easier especially if you have hooligans driving you bananas!).   The boys each have toys they like but when the time is right..... they have to have what the other one wants.  Truthfully, LM is the worst about this.  He has moments when he gets in bully-mode and torments his little brother.  BUT!, we've been warning him.  Little brother is getting bigger (and meaner) as the days go by.  He is starting to stick up for himself and give back when the time is right.  TH and I don't condone fighting between the boys but neither can we referee all day every day.  Our opinion is that they have to work it out and figure out between the two of them when enough is enough.

..... and then I think about adding #3 to the mix.  OH MY WORD!  I only have a couple of gray hairs at this point in time.  This time next year ..... I might be completely gray. Ha! 

Really, I think they fight just because they can.