At the beach yesterday with the Sullivans, Dylan and Brayden got into a minor altercation about the biggest of the 4 beach shovels that we had brought. So, as a result...the shovel became off limits. (And since we are on the topic of limits, Dylan has been testing the hell out of ALL LIMITS lately. Every single disagreement in our household becomes an all out battle.) Once the shovel was removed, Dylan came to me 3 times asking to use it. Only to leave mad as hell with arms crossed screaming some kind of retaliatory comment to me like, "You're not my best friend ANNNYYYMORE!" I really thought he had given up the pursuit of the shovel after about 20 minutes, and then I saw the beginning of sibling manipulation.
Dylan went over to Olivia and whispered to her with a big loving smile, "LaLa, you want that nice, big shovel? Go on, its okay." Olivia smiled ear to ear and grabbed it, so pleased that Dylan was 'sharing' with her. Then he said, "May I please borrow it from you?" She nodded yes, and Dylan took off like a shot back to build his castle.
Can't wait to see how the next 15 years goes!
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