Playing Together

Often I get asked how Joshua and Owen get along. For the most part they enjoy playing together, or more accurately I should say they enjoy playing side by side in parrallel play. They love to entertain each other and chase one another around. Today Joshua pulled out the Jiggle Jelly. We usually pull this kind of activity out when Owen is taking a nap, but today Owen was up and very interested in what Joshua had gotten out. So, Owen got to explore and play with the Jiggle Jelly with Joshua. They both had a ball playing with the wiggly stuff for about 20 minutes!

Usually when Joshua gets up he asks for three people - daddy, papa and Owie. He loves his Owie! However, they also like to fight over toys. For months now Joshua has been verbalizing "No Owie" whenever Owen tries to grab things Joshua is playing with. Of course Joshua sees nothing wrong with grabbing something out of Owen's hands regularly. Owen has been pretty laid back about it, even though I am constantly on Joshua to give back whatever he has taken. However, this week I haven't had to step in in Owen's defense because Owen has learned how to put up more of a fight when Joshua has attempted to grab something from him - and man the little guy has a tight grip!