Little Brother at 3 is making sense of the world. In three short years a lot of information has been downloaded into that fizzing brain, and it's only now that he can tell us all his working theories on How It All Works. He's a little scientist, proposing If/Then hypotheses and putting them through the most rigorous testing process that he can possibly think of - asking his Mum.
'Mum, If a house is broken Then you have to leave it.'
(Impressive, I thought, he's been picking up on a bit of current affairs, earthquakes....)
'Really! ' I replied 'And what do you think could break a house? '
'Oh, if some-one blows it over'.
(...or he's been reading Three Little Pigs).
Friday nights have become Pizza and Movie Night - I make bases and the boys experiment with different combinations - tuna, corn, cheese, sauce. Mostly ingredient islands piled high in the middle of a pizza continent. Then they have to agree on a movie to watch. Its a tense time of lengthy negotiations and international trading. Little Brother has a strong sense of justice and a long career in Peace Keeping ahead of him. 'If we watch Piglets movie tonight then we can watch Thunderbirds tomorrow night'. Big brother has a strong bent to drama - 'But (stomp) I NEVER get to watch Thunderbirds (run into room and slam door)!!!' and understands the power of emotional blackmail 'If we cant watch it then I wont be your friend'.
Through the flour dust and frantic rolling (not to mention shovelling mash in the direction of Little Girl) I am trying to encourage one boy be more assertive and the other to consider other peoples feelings. So much for an easy tea once a week.
Little Brother came to me with a brilliant idea the other night - 'Hey, Mum, If we had TWO pizza and movie nights a week then we could have TWO pizza and movie nights!'
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