Some siblings have a secret code. It can be a look, a weird noise or a silly dance. For my kids, their secret code is all that and more. All they have to do is look at each other sometimes and they will bust out laughing. My daughter will always call my son into the room when one of their favorite commercials is on. Then they'll watch it in that "wait for it" moment and start laughing like it was their first time seeing it. Their favorite one right now is the two guys in kids voices playing paper-rock-scissors over a sandwich.
I don't think me and my brother had a code. We had a pattern, though. I would tell him "no" whenever her wanted to go with me to a friends house or when he wanted to watch TV, then he would go tell on me to our parents. "Mama said come here" was his favorite phrase. But, we were five years apart and my kids are only two.
I try to sneak up on my kids so I can crack the code, but soon as they see me coming, they start laughing even more because they know I want to know. What's the secret to their constant happiness and frequent giggles? Then I realized it was us, we were the secret. My husband and I have tried our best to have them grow up in a household filled with love and all things positive. So what if the echo of high pitch laughter hurts my ears during bath time or I never get to complete a meal without saying, "Stop and eat your food." My kids are happy and healthy and that means so much more to me than them cluttering my house with toys, because they also fill it with joy and laughter. And I don't care if I never crack the code, as long as they keep it going strong.
Raising kids is fun, scary, heartwarming and nerve wrecking all at the same time. I have learned so much from being a parent. Feel free to share with me as I talk about my B.A.D.D. kids: they truly are Beautiful And Delightfully Dynamic.
