I can see it in her eyes.
It won't be sibling rivalry. It'll be revenge.
Why, you ask?
For tattling.
Picture it. It's 2011, 7:45 a.m. A mother and two girls on the way to school.
Abigail: "Mama...Ava's taking her arms out of her carseat." [This has been an issue lately.]Me: {looking back} "Ava, put your arms back in your seatbelt. Now................Thank you."
Ava: {giving Abigail her "mean eyes" while pulling her straps back up}
A few miles later:
Abigail: "Mama...Ava's pouring her chocolate milk out."[She had figured out how to make certain types of "no spill" sippy-cups spill.]
Me: "Ava, hand me your cup, please...............Ava, han-...Thank you."
Ava: {openly glaring at Abigail while slowly handing me her cup}
I am quite thankful for Abigail being my eyes in the back of my head. However, This will be an issue one day. I can feel it down deep in my bones (to quote Trigger, from Disney's Robin Hood. Tried to find a clip of it, but the only one was in Italian.). I expect retaliation on Ava's part when she's bigger.
Already, I hear things like:
"Mommy! Tell A'gail to leave me 'lone!"
"Mommy! A'gail touching me!"
"Mommy! Tell A'gail: No No, A'gail. A'gail bein' mean."
"A'gail, HUSH."
Lest you think I'm trying to paint my children as the saint and the sinner, let me assure you that is not the case. I am thankful that Abigail tells me when Ava is doing something like pouring chocolate milk all over herself on our way to school (*sigh*) or trying to take her arms free from her carseat. But she will at times instigate things and then tattle on Ava. I wonder if it's a big-sister thing? My husband claims his sister did the same thing.
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My two girls are the same. I always feel that I paint Ava (my oldest) as the "good" child and Claire as the "less good" child. However, that is not the case. But with Ava being 5 and Claire being 3 1/2 (Claire is extremely tall and is only about 1/2 inch shorter than Ava) the retaliation is beginning!!
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