Mommy the Referee

We bought Jackson some wooden puzzles because he really likes to play with them in nursery. However, Braden wants to play with them too. He wants to SO badly that he's willing to crawl all over the house chasing Jackson, who is carrying the puzzle around teasing Braden to no end.

Oh! I guess Jackson got tired of waiting for Braden to catch up, so he dumped out the pieces to let Braden play. But there's still a catch. As soon as Braden gets his little hands on them, Jackson immediately takes them away and says, "No! No baby!" The funny thing about this is that Braden isn't a push-over. He's no weakling. He'll fight to the death if he really wants something. So instead of just watching Jackson take the toy out of his hands, he grabs on real tight with both hands and makes an angry squealing sound. Sometimes Jackson gives up and lets go, and sometimes he doesn't, and they end up bonking heads or something. It's kind of funny.

Occasionally, I try to be the referee. But if this is how it's going to be for, not only today but pretty much until they're out of high school, then I don't see much of a reason to jump in and break it up. They'll learn to deal with it themselves....Hopefully.

lol Now, Jackson's trying to hide his puzzle under the rug by the front door. Good thinking, buddy. He'll never find it there.