unfortunately

by and large, mason has been an excellent big brother so far. he's been gentle, attentive, and very loving toward his sister. but the boy has a competitive streak and i'm pretty sure he comes by it honest. ;)

you see, i started this game with him a couple of months back to try to speed up the getting in the car process. we "race" to the car to see who can get in their seats the fastest... mason or madison. i'm in charge of madison's speed, so mason always "wins" when we play.

brad didn't get this memo.

he picked up the kids from school a couple of weeks ago and they "raced" to the truck. and madison won. everyone was fine until brad walked around to the other side to buckle mason in and madison was screaming her head off. this is not normal behavior for her at all. brad surveyed the scene and mason looked pretty guilty.

"what happened?," brad asked.

"i wanted to win!," mason cried/whined.

"you do not hit your sister because you didn't win, mason."

fast forward a few hours when i asked mason about the incident.

"mason, did you hit your sister today?," i asked.

"yes, unfortunately," he replied.

agreed.