My older brother and I are really opposite from each other. Anyone who knows us could pretty much vouch for that. Sure we love each other and get along great, but we couldn't be more different. I always chalked this up to the whole boy/girl thing. When we were kids he did his thing and I did mine and that's the way it was. When I found out that my husband and I were having our second son then, I guess that's what made me think that having two boys meant they would be just alike. They would be a little over a year and a half apart in age with only a one year difference in school. I just knew they would be like peas and carrots...inseparable and just the same in every way. Then our second son was born. Literally from minute one it was night and day. He was the most active and funny little thing we had ever seen. Our first son was more calm and hesitant with things as a baby but our second knew no boundaries. To this day they are like this. Our first son loves school - not because he gets to see his friends or go to recess, but because he gets to learn and explore new things. Our second son can't wait to get to school to see his best buddy and run around in gym class. Just yesterday, we went to the doctor to see how our oldest son's foot was healing from his surgery a few weeks ago. He was officially given the "green light" to start walking on it again. When we got home, he cautiously used his crutches and took it step by step, very slowly to make sure he did everything right. Our second son found my husband's old set of crutches to practice "walking" with his brother and ended up using them as a pole vault. He laughed his head off as he flew threw the air.
They couldn't be more opposite but it's good for them. They balance each other out and actually are inseparable from each other regardless of their differences. My husband and I joke that one day, they might go to college together which we could only imagine. Our oldest son would be found on a Friday night in the library studying away with excitement for some new project, while our younger son would be on the roof of a frat house, doing a keg stand.....naked.
They couldn't be more opposite but it's good for them. They balance each other out and actually are inseparable from each other regardless of their differences. My husband and I joke that one day, they might go to college together which we could only imagine. Our oldest son would be found on a Friday night in the library studying away with excitement for some new project, while our younger son would be on the roof of a frat house, doing a keg stand.....naked.
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