Sibling Play

Morning bead play

Samuel and Shira constantly amaze and delight me. What amazes and delights me the most, however, is when they amaze and delight each other*. I never would have guessed that they would begin playing with each other so early. Pretty much as soon as Shira could giggle and smile, Samuel would ham it up and try to find ways to amuse her.

While I chopped fajita veggies for dinner tonight, Samuel and Shira jumped on the trampoline.
I was just going to have Shira sit inside with me while I cooked, but she freaked out and started yelling at me and pointing at Samuel on the trampoline. So I took her outside and put her on the ground, at which point she screamed and pointed even more. She got a huge grin on her face when I finally brought her inside the trampoline enclosure. Samuel promptly kicked me out and insisted that he would take care of her. I was cramping his jumping style.And he did take care of her. When she started crawling for the springs, he hauled her back to the middle and explained to her that she would fall off if she went over there.
And Shira was upset when he left the trampoline without her, reaching for him and yelling for him to come back.

When dinnertime rolled around and Steve was stuck in a meeting, I sat Shira in her chair and gave her food to eat. I was concerned that she would be unhappy over there while I was cooking and I wouldn't be able to finish making dinner.Not to worry, as you can see, Samuel had no trouble cracking her up and keeping her occupied.Of course, some of this entertainment involved throwing food across the table and eating in silly ways (Samuel isn't the only jokester in the family)...

*This amazement and delight can only be equaled in intensity by the frustration (anger and annoyance) I am frequently in due to Samuel deliberately harassing Shira (standing with his butt in her face, putting his foot on her head, touching her head gently all the while knowing it will irritate her, etc. etc.), and Shira screaming in mock pain and terror in return.