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Friday, June 4, 2010

Sibling Rivalry




It's Flashback Saturday for Cae!! From Mocha with Linda and it's a day late!

Okay, I'm first going to apologize about not doing this on Friday, my bad. . .Completely forgot yesterday was Friday! Second, this is going to be a really good one because Cae has two siblings, and they drive her up the wall!
Yesterday's prompt:
Do you have siblings? (If not, keep reading - I'll get to you.) How many and are they boys or girls? Where do you fall in the birth order? How did you view your "spot" in the family compared with the others? If you are the oldest, did you resent the things the youngest got to do that you didn't? If the youngest, what did you want to do like the older ones? And if you are more of a middle child, how did that impact you? How do you think your birth order shaped your personality? Did you and your siblings like each other growing up or did you fight all the time? Are you close now? Or at least friends with each other?! What memories stand out about you and your siblings?
If you are an only child, how did you like that? Were you glad to have all the attention or did you want to have a brother or sister? What advantages were there to being an only child? What disadvantages? Which side of the fence is greener?!
For everyone, did your sibling experiences (or lack thereof!) affect your decision to have kids or to have a certain number?

Siblings, I have two younger brothers Bro #1 is 2 years, okay 22 months, younger than I am and Bro #2 is three years younger then I am (he also is my foster bro). Bro #1 and I very rarely get along, unless it's like some important day and we are forced to get along, because he is not really much younger than I am, and he is very mature for his age (some days even more mature then me), he and I are almost, see that word, it's the key word, Almost treated like equals. He and I both have a chore list, his is Compost, Garbage, Mow the Lawn during the Spring & Summer (he gets paid $25 for the lawn since we have a little over an acre of land and he does it with the push mower, it's tough work, I did it, once or twice), and sweep the upstairs part of the house, oh ya and he needs to do the dishes on Wednesday & Friday! Me on the other hand gets to clean the kitty litter, sweep the breezeway and my part of the house, do my laundry (that's a no brainer), and do the dishes on Monday & Thursday! With Bro #2 being a new edition in the home, he also gets his fair share of chores, which he isn't used to so he gets to sweep the main part of the house, and wash the dishes on Tuesday & Saturday.

With Bro #2 being a Foster Child, he does get away with things that Bro #1 and I would never do in our dreams, and if we ever did we would be shot and killing by one if, not both of our parents. So it's kind of tough seeing that, and there are times where Bro #2 does something that I have done (I won't name anything) and he doesn't really get punished, while if I did I would get like bathroom duty or something gross like that! So it's tough with Bro #2 in the picture, Bro #1 on the other hand very rarely gets in trouble, and as S has said "he's an angel" well I cutest shirt when I was five, and this shirt, if switched describes him it says "Angel in disguise" just change the Angel to Devil and you have Bro #1, now he isn't that bad, but he isn't being Sainted any time soon (it probably doesn't help that we're protestant).

Since Bro #2 has lived with us Bro #1 & I have become closer, and a lot nicer to each other. Very rarely do we actually fight over stupid things (See that S, very rarely do we even fight!). Sorry, my boss, S, has a notion that I am evil older sister to my younger brothers, but she hasn't seen what they do. They act all like angels when S is around, okay, sorry totally off of topic.

This one memory involves Dad, Mom, Bro #1, and I in dad's truck we're on our way home and I said "I finished my book!", out of the front seat we get "Of course we'll have Cantaloupe, Cae". Bro #1 and I just looked at mom, and Bro #1 asked "What the heck?!", "Did Cae just ask if we'll have Cantaloupe tomorrow at breakfast?" mom asked, "No, mom I said I finished my book," I responded. If being a mother makes me half deaf, then maybe I'll reconsider. Also I heard that there are blood tests involved with pregnancy, so that's a turn off. Maybe I'll adopt kids, I've always wanted a big family, but if I ever do actually get pregnant, which both S & my mom will be like "You said, you're never having kids". I would only was maybe five running around my house!

The Older Sister, Cae ♥

1 comment:

Mocha with Linda said...

It would be interesting to revisit this post in about 20 years! LOL