Brothers

I'm sure many young children have been told by their parents that they are getting a sibling: Someone you can play with. It must be disappointing when your newly arrived play mate only eats and sleeps all day...

Somewhere along the way, Johan went from someone who keeps mom and dad from playing with Mathias to a potential chum.

No doubt, they have their share of moments of kicking, screaming, biting, and hitting each other. Johan for example doesn't know the rules Mathais has devised for playing demolition derby with his toy cars which causes great heartburn... Often they insist on playing with the same car at the same time (there are very few activities that do not involve cars) which doesn't work out so well.

But they are increasingly starting to play and interact. That's fun to see. And it also, occasionally, gives you a few minutes to clean up the kitchen.