Tattle tale!

Little kids, especially siblings, like to tattle on each other ... a lot.

Just the other day, my 4 year old just HAD to tell me that his 7-year-old brother went back to bed. Then he ran to his brother's room and said, "Mom said to get out of bed right now!" I said no such thing. I think it's quite obvious that the little one was trying to get revenge on the big one for an earlier incident. I believe a wedgie was involved. Boys.

Well, little girls are just a bad. Mine is 23 months old. She's sweet. She's cute. And she knows what she's doing. If one of the boys has something, no matter what it is, she tries to take it and and gets mad at them when they don't give it up willingly. Her scowl is the best I've ever seen.

There's the poking, pushing, copying, chasing, hitting, kicking and tattling. But, there is never anyone to blame. Go figure! It's a good thing that us moms have a eyes everywhere. I tell my kids all the time, "I have eyes all over my body!" I've often heard my stepdaughters, who are now almost 11 and 13, say, "How did you know!?"

But, how do you know when it's something more than just a sibling thing or even just a kid thing? Man, if I only had as many answers as I do eyes! If I ever figure it out, I'll let you know.