The other day I witnessed one of the sweetest displays of sibling affection. Noah was standing in a doorway and backed up at the same time Lily was coming to join him and he knocked into her sending her head into the doorjam, which of course elicited a hurt cry from Lily. As soon as he realized what he'd done he was genuinely horrified and said, "Oh, Lily, I am so sorry! I didn't see you there!". He leaned down and gave her a hug and kissed her cheek and all unprompted by me (which is definitely not the norm). When he backed away she followed again and hugged him back and asked him to kiss her, which he did but apparently it wasn't the spot that hurt so she pointed to the correct spot and said, "No, here." (I love that kissing the boo boo still makes it better for her). He kissed the boo boo and all was well again.
Normally Noah would have looked gulitily at me and exclaimed "I didn't mean to hurt her!" and I would have have then instructed him to apologize even though he didn't mean to. I think what has changed is the fact that they have started playing together and really enjoying each other instead of just tolerating and playing near each other. It is nice to not hear constant bickering and yelling at each other ( I have no idea where they picked up the horrible habit of raising their voices to make themselves heard). This is definitely one area where I don't lament the fact that they are indeed growing up.
4 comments:
Warms the heart indeed!
that is SO sweet!!
That is so cute!! Kids have the best way of bringing a smile to your face, don't they!?
What a great big brother. So sweet. Isn't it great to see that he has been listening to what you tell him?
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