Fun With Lawson

Watching the kiddos this week I started to realize all the fun times that lay ahead for them as sisters and brothers.  I had an older sister and remember many of the fun and dumb things we used to do, the games we used to play, and the pranks we used to pull.  One of my sister's favorite stories to tell is when she convinced me to keep touching my gum to my hair until it was stuck in there bad enough it had to be cut out.  Or there was the time she convinced me to keep tipping my milk to the edge until it spilled and I would get in trouble. 

With 3 younger siblings, Lily is going to have a blast convincing them to do things I can only imagine.  Poor Lawson Boy is in for a world of hurt with his 3 older sisters who will be dressing him up, and talking him into all kinds of mischief.  Though there will be plenty of arguments and fights, there will be just as many fond memories for them to look back on over the years.

The funny interactions have already begun.  Despite her moments of wanting to just be left alone so she can play with her Barbies, Lily is a very good sister and enjoys playing with both her sisters and brother.  She and Lawson were cracking each other up the other day at my expense of course.  Lawson was sitting on my lap and would literally slap me in the face which caused Lily to laugh uncontrollably.  Her hugely contagious belly laugh would then cause Lawson to break into a belly laugh,  and despite the pain I was enduring, caused me to laugh as well.  This went on for some time and though my face hurt it was well worth it.

Though my next story did bring some laughs, it is not one we hope will repeat itself for obvious reasons once you read it.  Lawson Boy was getting his diaper changed, and for some reason whenever one kid is getting their diaper changed the twins feel they need to be front and center lobbing comments.  As an example, if Abby is on the table with a poopie diaper, Chloe is close by letting everybody know exactly how disgusting and stinky Abby's diaper is.  "Ow Abby, you stinky.  Abby poo poo.  Gross Abby, you poo poo stinky.  My diaper clean."  Not sure how it happened, but they apparently compete to see who has the cleanest butt. 

So as I was saying, Lawson was on the table in all his glory and sure enough the twins were close by.  Abby walks up to Lawson, grabs his man parts, and says, "beep beep". 

Not exactly the type of story I hope they will sit around talking about years from now, but pretty funny none the less.  They are no where near old enough yet to realize what a blessing it will be to have so many siblings, but someday they will and I look forward to hearing them talk about years from now while one of them is spoon feeding their old man.

Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Beep Beep