Joshua's been a little under the weather the past couple of weeks. First he had a stomach flu bug for a couple of days and now he seems to have caught a bit of a cold. I'm not sure about other families but in ours sick seems to be a license to whine more. Luke even jokes with Joshua sometimes saying he can't understand "whine-ese." This all said Joshua has been in and out and back into his "whiny pants" alot lately. His main complaint however is a resounding, "Joe's a bully!"
You really shouldn't laugh at your kids when they aren't feeling well. "Joe's a bully!" Gets a chuckle out of me every time though. A three year old just should not be this intimidated by a 7 month old. Jonas is everywhere! Just having mastered crawling a couple of weeks ago, he is fast! Sometimes I turn around and think, " didn't I just see you playing in the living room, how'd you get back here so quickly?"
This plus Jonas's size make Joshua quite nervous. Joshua weighs 31 lbs. Jonas weighs 20lbs. Most of my recent days have been spent refereeing their quarrels which usually look something like this. Jonas has Joshua cornered, Joshua is whining that Joe is a bully while Jonas sits holding Lambie and laughing. Jonas thinks this is a game, but Joshua , the drama king, acts as though it is scarring him for life.
In addition to Joe's a bully another favorite line of mine is the newly added "Joe not a baby, Joe stands now!" Just a few days ago Jonas pulled himself up for the first time and since then has been quick to repeat it. Much to Joshua's dismay, this has made Jonas seem like even more of a threat. Several times I've caught Joshua trying to push Jonas back into the sitting position. My usual response to situations like this, "Joshua stop that please, Jonas is just a baby, you can't do that to him," is looking quite thin when Joshua replies, "Joe not a baby, Joe stands now!"
Hard to believe that it was just a few months ago Joshua was begging for Jonas to be his playmate. I think that this will be a passing phase. Hopefully soon replaces with the sweet giggles of them getting along, but until then echos of "Joe's a bully," and my laughter will ring throughout the house.
