As many of you know, Brady wants to be a big boy! He gets very frustrated when anyone, especially Connor, refers to him as little even if he is being called the little brother or being told he is too little for something. He wants to be considered big in every way! The latest obsession is age and when he will "catch up" with Connor. Yesterday, I heard the following conversation in the car between Connor and Brady. Connor was trying to drive a point home to Brady....
"Brady, I will ALWAYS be older than you. When you turn 4, I will be 5. When you turn 5, I will be 6. When you turn 6, I will be 7. When you turn 7, I will be 8. (this continued until about the age of 12). I will always be the big brother and be older than you because I was born first. Mommy had me first. I will always be your big brother."
Brady responded with "BUT, you are 4 and I will be 4 on my next birthday".
Connor was then quick to say "BUT when you turn 4, I will already be 5. I turn 5, then Carac, then Brody, then Jackson, then Jesse....and then you turn 4."
Brady apparently doesn't think it is fair that he will never be able to catch up to Connor in age. However, once Connor started saying he would always be bigger I had to correct him that one day Brady could catch up to him and be bigger in size.
Today, Brady has been pointing out that he will turn 4 on his next birthday and then turn 5 (like there isn't going to be a year in between there). He has also been very excited to point out that he will be older than the baby and that he will be 4 before the baby is even 1 years old. I think he may be catching on now....
As you can see from the picture, this desire to be 5 goes back several months - the picture was from February!
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