There are some days when a mother truly wonders if what she says either sinks in or goes in one ear and out the other. It seems as if on a daily basis I tell Alexander to be gentle with his sister, not to be rough, and to remember that Sissie is a delicate little girl and we have to protect her.
Xander always responds to me and tells me that it is ok and Sissie likes it, whatever he may be doing to her. This made me question whether he really understood the meaning of being gentle and that Cally was delicate. Well no longer do I wonder if Alexander comprehends the meaning of words and no longer am I curious if he knows how to be delicate.
Sunday night we were at Barnes and Noble picking out new books to read for bed time. Xander picked out a very nice book for his sister called Priscilla and the Pink Planet and for himself he got a new Richard Scarry and also a book all about tractors. (Aunt Abby, you should be proud because when he reads his tractor book he points to all the tractors that he went on when he was at the "show" with you. I think he is talking about MAGGIE.) When we went up to the cash register to wait in line to pay, there were two little girls in line ahead of us. The one girl was maybe 18 months and her sister was probably 8 years old. The littlest one run raced up to Cally's car seat and wanted to touch the baby. Xander quickly zoomed in and assumed his position as Sissie's guard and very sternly said to the little girl "This is my sister Cally. Don't touch her she is delicate." To which he promptly followed up with " You may not touch her, but do you want me to read to you?" He knelt in front of his sister's car seat to make sure that no one could get to her and promptly began reading his book about tractors to the girls. So right then and there Xander became the teacher and anyone of the girls that would listen became his pupils.
Xander always responds to me and tells me that it is ok and Sissie likes it, whatever he may be doing to her. This made me question whether he really understood the meaning of being gentle and that Cally was delicate. Well no longer do I wonder if Alexander comprehends the meaning of words and no longer am I curious if he knows how to be delicate.
Sunday night we were at Barnes and Noble picking out new books to read for bed time. Xander picked out a very nice book for his sister called Priscilla and the Pink Planet and for himself he got a new Richard Scarry and also a book all about tractors. (Aunt Abby, you should be proud because when he reads his tractor book he points to all the tractors that he went on when he was at the "show" with you. I think he is talking about MAGGIE.) When we went up to the cash register to wait in line to pay, there were two little girls in line ahead of us. The one girl was maybe 18 months and her sister was probably 8 years old. The littlest one run raced up to Cally's car seat and wanted to touch the baby. Xander quickly zoomed in and assumed his position as Sissie's guard and very sternly said to the little girl "This is my sister Cally. Don't touch her she is delicate." To which he promptly followed up with " You may not touch her, but do you want me to read to you?" He knelt in front of his sister's car seat to make sure that no one could get to her and promptly began reading his book about tractors to the girls. So right then and there Xander became the teacher and anyone of the girls that would listen became his pupils.
Xander is such a good big brother, but from one oldest child to another, never underestimate your younger sister. She may look delicate, but she can be pretty tough when she has to be.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I am so happy that Xander shares Poppi's and my love of big farm equipment!
Yeah, for serious...little sisters are a force to be reckoned with. She may be delicate now, but watch out for her tough little self in a couple of months. I just hope she didn't inherit her Titi's penchant for biting :).
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