[kelly]

They are so amazing- we have one who's 10 and one who's almost 5...and your heart continues to be captured, wrenched, lifted up at all ages...

I love seeing my boys retaining their sweetness- when my 10 year old is gentle and kind with children younger than he is; and when my 4 year-old pets and cuddles the really little guys....

And then when they beat the living hoo-haa out of each other...I get to see what I'm made of- the real path of parenthood..well, that and when they're newborns....

Thanks for letting me share!!

[Tigratrus]

Heh.

I know what you mean... Sometimes the Jeckel/Hyde switch is just too much. Our four year old goes from sweet huggy little ladybug rescuer to maniacal stick wielding elder brother beater in nothing flat.

She's currently switched her emulation target from Princess (insert choice of the moment) to Super Hero X. Actually the X is quasi-literal. She made a character for my MMO obsession "City of Heroes" that's a 4 foot tall VERY pink tanker character named ElizabethX, with Faerie ears. And she runs around acting out the motions and special effects of various powers from the game. She has a complete sequence of being knocked unconscious (this game has no blood/gore, and NOBODY dies) popping an awaken, and staggering back to her feet, then dropping to one knee to rest. It's soooooo hysterical to watch.

James