I know my first entry should be on a more positive note, but this is most prominent in my consciousness right now as it’s already happened twice this morning.

Ethan and Jared like to get into arguments asserting that the other is some particular thing. The latest popular thing is “baby.”

So the conversation goes something like this:

J: “You’re a baby.”

E: “No, you’re a baby.”

J: “No, you’re a baby.”

E: “No, you’re a baby.”

Repeat ad nauseum.

This can go on for some time and will either escalate with louder and louder voices until they’re screaming, or it can occassionally dissolve into giggle fits.

Efforts to redirect with comments like – “where is the baby? in mommy’s uterus?” or “Ethan and Jared are both big boys” or “who wants ice cream?” or “shut up before I kill you both” are unsuccessful.