Brotherly Love

The other day I was returning home from work, having just picked up Dominic and Jocelyn from daycare. Dominic was throwing a fit (something about wanting to drink from a specific water fountain and no other) and he screamed the whole way home. Once we made it home and had pulled into the garage, he still would not let me unbuckle him. So I unbuckled Joss from her seat and pulled her out. She was upset that Dominic was upset, but she followed me into the house. I left the interior door open as I went in to drop off their lunchboxes and folders.

Jocelyn sat down by the door and refused to come further into the house. She kept calling for Dominic, “Come in! Come in!” Of course he ignored her as he continued to cry.

Needing to reduce one distraction, turned on the TV to Noggin’s Wonder Pets and told Joss, “Joss, do you want to watch Wonder Pets?”

Joss leaned around the corner to see what was on, then with a smile on her face she stood up and walked over to the couch and sat down.

Brotherly love and concern only goes so far when there are important things on the tube!

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Sunday morning Dominic rolled over, announced he was awake and wanted to eat, and then proceeded to roust me out of bed (at 630am.) I took him downstairs and made him a bowl of cereal. As I was doing so, Dominic walked up to me and asked, “Daddy, why do you snore so much?”



“Go ask your mother!”

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