Brother's Keeper

These are some good expressions of love the boys have for each other:

If Micah is up before Max and then sees him stirring, he will go up to his face and coo,
" Wake up, Baby Boy. It's a sunny day."
Sometimes he will give him a kiss on his cheek and some times he will give him a hug too, and gets hugged back.

If Max is up before Micah he will point to him and say to Mommy,
"Koh-koh (big brother). Shhh."
Then he will peek at his sleeping brother before slipping off to play by himself.

When in the car (with mommy and daddy in front and 2 boys in car seats behind) and Max is fussing and crying, Micah will start singing Max's favourite nursery rhymes: It's A Small World/ Baa Baa Black Sheep. If that does not work, he will try to pat him and give him a toy or a book to comfort him or entertain him.

Max will not go beyond the end of our street in the car without asking for his brother if he is not there.

Micah loves to do silly stunts, like bouncing on the bed and landing on his bum to make Max laugh. Sometimes it's a funny face or gibberish that tickles his brother.

Max loves to copy his brother.

Whenever Micah asks for a new toy, he will try to pick one out for Max too (though not always the best choice, so we do some QC).

Every time Max reaches for a box of chocolate milk, he will take one more for his brother.

Micah loves to get Max involved in his pretend play, i.e. to be race cars or seals plunging into the sea, etc...

And Max really enjoys pretending to be/do what his brothers "orders" him to be/do.

Micah got Max into looking our for trains and tractors in our car rides.

Max got Micah interested in jig-saw puzzles.


If Micah is to the scientist with a bright idea, Max will be the one to make it happen.
If Max were to have a brilliant idea, Micah would be the one to sell it.

If Micah were to be bullied in school, Max would be the one to stand facing the bullies with his fists up.
If Max were to be bullied in school, Micah would outwit the bullies and put them to shame.

If Micah were to get into trouble with mum and/or dad, Max would try to be his cutest or pretend to be in trouble to distract the parent (s) to help his brother "escape".
If Max were to get into trouble with mum and/or dad, Micah would apologise and give some reasonable excuse for his brother's misconduct.

Their are both so different in personality, but they are such a pair!