Mommy, the Referee

The kids have been all over each other the past few days, more so than usual. I'm not sure if it's because of the rainy weather and them not being able to run around outside or if it's just part of the whole "brotherly love" thing, but man, they can't keep their hands (and feet) off one another. Oliver is the bigger bully of both of them, he has really turned into a little brute, pulling Nathan's hair repeatedly and throwing everything within his reach. Instead of fighting back, since that's not in Nathan's nature, he screams and yells and amps Ollie up even more and then they start rolling around on the floor like two little WWF stars. It happens so often during the day, I'm not sure if I should be breaking them up every 5 minutes or just let them go at it... I've even seen Ollie put his fingers in Nathan's mouth and try to pull the side of his mouth open. That little boy fights dirty! The funny thing is that even when I try to break them up and have them play by themselves for a little bit, they refuse to stay apart... Nathan always needs to know where Ollie went and then goes and messes with him and the whole things starts all over again.

On a side note, every morning Ollie wakes up hysterically crying in his crib and this morning was no different. One thing that was different was that he stopped after a couple of minutes even though I hadn't gone in there to get him yet. I sneak a glance from around the corner and I hear Nathan singing the ABC's and Ollie dancing in his crib holding on the bars... (that's his favorite song to dance to) Nathan then tells me, "Look, Mommy, Ollie's happy now!" Ahhhh... what a wonderful thing to wake up to!! Even though they fight all the time now, it just makes me so happy to see them interact like that!

Now if only they could be nice to each other during the other 11 hours and 55 minutes they are awake....