90% good

I think that I might be giving my friends an inaccurate impression of our kids. Sure, they might sometimes try to kill each other, climb furniture, or smear glaxal base moisturizing cream all over the walls. But what people miss is that they are doing this together. My kids do love each other very much (90-95% of the time). They love playing with each other (as long as no one is hungry or sleepy). They are expert sharers (as long as there are snacks for each person). It is an ideal family (with only mild bouts of screaming, kicking, and punching).

One child opens the glaxal base and points, the other smears it on the things pointed to. Teamwork.

I only tell people those "OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!" stories because, well, those are the funnier ones. Do I tell people how they were quietly reading together, laughing while playing princess dress up, or playing well outside together? No. No one (other than us) wants to hear the nice stories.

With that, I think that my kids are typical siblings. Maybe even taking their example from The Good Book - specifically Genesis 4:1–8