One of the Guys

Today was the perfect day for some driveway sledding.  We had some friends over, and all the kids were excited to play in the snow.  Unfortunately, as often happens with large groups of young children, it took a long time to get out the door.  The process of gathering snow gear, layering kids, and putting on boots and jackets, took forever.  Christian sat on the couch and watched the whole process.

At first, he was patient and satisfied to simply observe the dressing frenzy.  But after about ten minutes of being ignored while I searched for lost boots and mittens, he began to get restless.  Luckily for me, one of Tessie's buddies came to the rescue.

This little boy is five and a half, and Christian adores him.  He has always been very sweet and gentle with Christian, bringing him toys, and making him drawings.  Today he climbed up on the couch, sat next to Christian, and gave him a lesson in big boy silliness.

I looked over to see the two boys laughing hysterically, and hitting themselves in the bellies.  When I asked what they were doing they said they were "punching their guts!" this was immediately followed by giggles from Christian, and lots of punching their tummies. They moved on to smashing their brains, which Christian found even more hilarious.

Christian is definitely a guy's guy, even at this age. He think farts and burps are comedic, loves getting messy, and would probably be wresting his sister constantly if he were able.  Seeing him just being one of the guys, gross games aside, was pretty beautiful.