Team Up!

When I was pregnant with Reese, Karl and I starting discussing how our family had 2 adults, 2 dogs, and 2 kids. As a joke we were trying to decide how we could make teams. Each team would be one adult, kid and dog. We kept going back and forth (jokingly) on how to divide these teams up. Ultimately, we broke it down by the oldest and youngest. Karl, Dewy and Brady are the oldest of each and so my team is me, Reese and Pace, and we are the youngest.

 

Well we still joke with each other about our teams’ strengths and weaknesses. The funny thing is how the teams each have similar personalities…

 

Team Karl, Dewy and Brady all…

• wake up early and bright eyed
• eat on a schedule
• LOVE to follow the rules
• are ‘teacher pets’ and what I mean by this is whether a person or dog, they are lovable to those in charge because they do as asked
• are very very very fast runners

Team Christy, Pace and Reese all..

• DON’T do mornings, we could all sleep in until at least 9 if that other team didn’t make so much noise
• are stubborn, we do things because it is what we want to do
• only follow rules if they logically fit into our lives
• have spirit, that doesn’t always fit well into large conforming settings
• are very very very slow

But luckily opposites attract and this family unit is pretty happy all together!

 

Side note: Today at preschool Reese was crying at drop off and dealing with separation anxiety. They asked me to sit in the car for 10 minutes while they tried to calm her down. Gaylene came out to tell me she had indeed stopped crying and working with Brady. Then she said, “As you may know, they have VERY different personalities.” She went on to tell me how Brady loves to conform to the rules and doesn’t have to be asked twice to do anything. Yesterday, on Reese’s first day of school they said she already showed her ‘spark’ of a spirit. Reese had something in her hands that was to be put on the top shelf. They pointed to where it should be placed, then she immediately but in on the lower shelf. They repeated where it should be and Reese told them “no, it belongs on the lower shelf.” Then Reese put it on the lower shelf and walked away! I think this story confirms that they are placed on the correct ‘teams’.