So Luke has of course always loved his sister and I think he has been waiting for the time when he can actually play with her. Paige has always been infatuated with her brother and watches everything that he does.
Well...all of the sudden, these two have really started to play together and really act like siblings - the fighting and all!
We consider Paige our little comedian at home. She is funny and knows it and loves to make Luke laugh. Dinnertime is always the best. They sit across from each other and literally just crack up. I can't even tell you how happy I get when I hear these two laughing together. Often times, I need to stop an inappropriate act from happening (purposely dropping food or burping), but they do it because they know it makes the other laugh. And well, I am snickering along with them!
Unfortunately, this new found bonding has also led us to our first impromptu trip to the dentist. Last Thursday night, Luke and Paige were chasing each other in the upstairs hallway as I was putting clothes away in everyone's rooms. There was A LOT of giggling going on and it was all fun and games UNTIL there was crying...from both of them. I walked into Paige's room to Luke holding his mouth and barely able to talk to tell me what happened and Paige just crying. I was able to put Luke's words together that his mouth hit Paige's head. I look at his mouth and he is bleeding. I do a once over on Paige's head and don't see any blood and she has already stopped crying. Luke and I head to the bathroom. He has what we call a funky front tooth. It is chipped and a little crooked (we think from his biting on his blankie) and of course that is the tooth that is bleeding and is now loose :( I wasn't sure what, if anything, could be done, but I thought I would call the dentist just in case - luckily, she has late office hours on Thursdays. She suggested we come in so I loaded the kids in the van (in their pajamas!) and off we went. It seems that everything is intact (the root, etc) but there is no promising that it won't fall out or turn dark so basically we are just being really cautious with what Luke eats and sadly have not allowed him to sleep with his blankie at night :( The tooth is still loose, but hopefully it will reset itself over time.
But with the craziness and of course fighting over toys there is a lot of love and fun. They always kiss each other good night and I have noticed Paige wanting to sit by her brother more often and notice the hands in the picture below...she loves her brother!
Luke likes to have Paige be his "Mama". I often answer to his "Mama" and am told he isn't talking to me, he is talking to Paige. She pushes the stroller around and basically goes wherever he goes and he is in charge of walking the dog. Heaven forbid if Paige wants to walk the dog!
This video is life with these two right now and I wouldn't change it for anything, even if it results in being toothless :)
