Collin: Jenna, please stop bothering me.
Jenna: Bother bother bother bother bother
After admonishing Jenna that she shouldn't bother her brother on purpose, Collin and I had the following conversation :
Me: Collin, you shouldn't let her bother you. You are in charge of whether or not you let someone bother you.
Collin: No, I'm not in charge. You said you're in charge.
Me: Well, yes, that's true, but your emotions is one of the things that you're in charge of. You can choose not to let her bother you. Just ignore her and don't let her get to you.
Collin: Ok, I guess, but I don't think I have emotions.
About an hour later, I heard Jenna crying in the living room. When I went to investigate, I found Collin sitting on Jenna. What do you think he told me when I asked what he was doing? "I'm not letting her bother me, Mommy." I definitely had to walk away and laugh before I could address the issues at hand.
One of the perks of having our littles so close together is that they are best friends. They LOVE to play together, and it's so much fun to watch them together. However, one of the downsides of them being so close together is that they absolutely delight in pushing each other's buttons. Here's to learning early on how to ignore the people around you who are pushing your buttons, right? :-)
