Two Peas in a Pod

Ever since Alissa has gotten old enough to interact with the other kids, her and Caleb have been growing closer and closer. Surprising to me, Caleb is the one that tolerates Alissa much better than Leah. He loves to pick on his little sister, but he also loves to play with her. Most of the time it's cute to watch them interact. Alissa now gives him hugs and kisses! However, one of the favorite things for Caleb to do with Alissa is to pick on her. This has been true for the last year. He likes to poke at her, follow really close, and anything else he can do to get her attention. In the last few months Alissa has decided to try this picking stuff herself. She has decided to jump on Caleb when he is sitting on the floor. She also likes to come over and hit him in the head with whatever toy or book she has in her hand. Unfortunately, her actions don't go over very well with Caleb. He usually ends up screaming and crying. Alissa hates it when he cries so she tries to come over and give him a hug. These hugs aren't usually received very well.

The worse part of this whole process beside the whining that occurs from who ever is getting picked on at the time, is that Alissa has decided to take it too far. She is all about getting Caleb's attention and she has decided that if nothing else works that biting does. The only person that she has ever bitten is Caleb and it's not been out of anger. She is so desperate to get Caleb's attention when he won't give it to her. Usually she resorts to this when he is playing with Leah. Unfortunately for Alissa the punishment for biting is very severe even if it is just biting for attention.

Caleb and Alissa love reading together. Many times Caleb will read to Alissa.




Alissa will play with tractors if it will get her brother to give her some much wanted attention.

Happy Kisses! Too Cute!



I don't know how well you can see Caleb's bite mark on his back which turned into a nice bruise!

I just realized that almost all of these pictures where taken with the kids in their pjs. Does this mean that they only play together in the morning or that my kids spend way too much time in the pjs?