I am not sure there is much in the world that beats watching the fierce love of brothers. That lump-in-your-throat feeling you get from watching them interact.
Best friends one moment. Mortal enemies the next. As a mum
If you have little boys who have melted your heart with their tender mix of childish sweetness and blossoming-maleness then you will relate to these 7 things:
1. Crossing swords.
You get it huh? If you have boys you know EXACTLY what I mean, for those of you who are a bit baffled right now think of the carnage of 2 or 3 boys doing a simultaneous wee.
2. Rumbling is not fighting.
It is playing and there is not an unacceptable time of day to do it, and there isn’t often a time it doesn’t end in tears. But no matter they will go straight back for more immediately. For brothers there is no place where rumbling is prohibited. Back seats of cars, trampolines, any couch ever, carpet, concrete you name it. No hard surface can stop this pursuit.
3. There can never be too much lasagne.
Enough said.
4. Spitting in your food.
It is acceptable to spit in your own food to mark it as your territory, you just have to get in quick before one of your brothers spits in it first. In acts of war it is, of course, acceptable to spit in your brother’s meal and then tell him when dinner is finished. (Make sure Mum has left the room.) Shooting peas across the table at each other is also not “playing with food” it is simply target practice, Mum.
5. Farts are funny.
It is acceptable to spit in your own food to mark it as your territory, you just have to get in quick before one of your brothers spits in it first. In acts of war it is, of course, acceptable to spit in your brother’s meal and then tell him when dinner is finished. (Make sure Mum has left the room.) Shooting peas across the table at each other is also not “playing with food” it is simply target practice, Mum.