The Benefits of Having a Big Sister?

The kids have really enjoyed playing together lately.  We still have our fights and arguments but  Bobby and I have noticed that they spend a lot of time upstairs in "pretend" play.  They are not playing with many toys but they are really using their imagination.  Every day it is a different theme.  Some favorites are camping, beach, babies, veterinarian, restaurant, birthday party and dress up.  Of course with Abby being the oldest she usually chooses the theme and guides most of the play.  The boys usually go along with her and are happy to be playing with their big sister.  There are a few drawbacks to this:

As much as Bobby didn't approve of his little guys dressing up he had to take some pictures.  If you look closely you can see that they are practically busting out of the neck and chest of Abby's dress up clothes.    

I told Bobby not to worry because they are basically using their magic wands as weapons like typical little boys.

A couple more funnies from last week:

-Abby came home from school on the first day and was so excited.  She loved every minute of it.  She was telling me all about it in the car.  Then she told me that the best part was that she didn't make any mistakes all day.  Oh my!  What a perfectionist!

-Noah and Nathan came running down the stairs yelling and screaming one morning.  Thank goodness they didn't fall!  They started chasing each other around the downstairs.  I finally caught them to find out what was wrong.  The problem was that they were playing doctor.  Noah wanted Nathan to check his ears but Nathan insisted he check his reflexes.  This cracked me up.  I sat them down so that we could take turns to do both.  When it was time to check "reflexes" Nathan knocked Noah's knee as hard as he could and said "Now laugh!". I tried to explain what happens when you check reflexes ( and that you don't almost knock your brother down).  Nathan just kept saying, "No, he's supposed to laugh."  Funny boys! 

-Daddy pulled out the music last night and let the kids dance.  They love my old 70's music.  As soon as we walked in the door from dropping off Abby this morning Noah insisted we dance (at 7:45 am).  I told him that we couldn't right now.  He's got a lot to learn about Mommy not being a morning person.  Boogie Town is not acceptable before 8:00.