Monday, February 22, 2010

Brotherly Love

Lately, my car trips with the boys have been very cantankerous. Booker sits in his seat, Ike in his, both sitting and staring out their respective windows. It's quiet for oh, maybe 5 minutes and then this starts up...

I: Car
B: DON'T SAY CAR. I'M NOT A CAR! YOU'RE A CAR! %#*@!
I: Doggie
B: DON'T SAY DOGGIE. THAT'S NOT A DOGGIE! THAT'S A HORSE!!!
I: Sit
B: DON'T SAY SIT! YOU SIT! I'M NOT A DOGGIE!
I: Daddy
B: DON'T SAY DADDY. I'M NOT YOUR DADDY! HE'S AT WORK! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

And on and on. Well, today started off no different. After about ten minutes of the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard, Booker managed to nod off despite his seething anger. Ike continued testing out his new words but soon noticed that he wasn't getting any response. At this point, I looked in the rear view mirror and watched as Ike leaned over and got as close as he could to Booker. And then he said...

No.

He took his finger and wagged it in Booker's face.

No. No. No. No.

Wag, wag, wag.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No!

And then Booker half woke from his sleep and yelled,

NO NO NO NO, DON'T SAY NO!

And promptly fell back asleep. It was hilarious and freaky at the same time. Even in his sleep, he has to dominate his brother. It's tough being Ikers.

7 comments:

Tess said...

lol! That made me laugh out loud! :o)

grauntbetsy said...

Written by a true second child! I feel for Ike but just think poor Booker is being annoyed by his younger brother even when he is asleep. He even wakes him up to do it. A great story.

Ashley said...

This really made my day

Diane said...

I don't often read blogs aloud to Lant, I did this one. you know what his laugh sounds like.

Carly said...

Man I just love how angry Booker is.

sherry said...

That was hilarious.literally made me laugh out loud! It's like teichert waited for Booker to fall asleep and told him off! I love it. (rach just called out,'what are you laughing about in there?'")

Dan and Jan said...

Hilarious. . .