I am so proud to announce that Parker is no longer chewing on his blanket. He does still cuddle with it, which I think is fine, because at least he's not putting it in his mouth anymore!
I'm not sure exactly what made him stop. I don't even think I discovered it for a couple of days after, but he did it. All by himself and I'm so proud of him. I told him I wanted to take him to get a special treat, just me and him to celebrate. First he said he wanted Dairy Queen. Then he said he wanted a donut. Then a frozen yogurt. Finally we decided to go to Publix and look at the ice cream selections, but when we got there he spotted Easter cupcakes and chose those.
The back story is that I wanted it to be our little secret. I wanted this to be just for him. Something he didn't have to share with his brother for once. I had it all planned out and he was so excited that it was our little secret, but Brock shot holes in my plan and made me feel like I was deceiving Jake and it wasn't fair and how could I expect a 5 year old to keep a secret and when Jake found out he'd flip....ok, ok, ok, I get it. We'll tell Jake. I told him we'd bring him back a treat too. They were both fine with that. Parky and I got to go alone and he picked out what he wanted and brought something back for his brother and everyone was happy.
I do still struggle with the fact that they sometimes have to share everything and sometimes things can't just be about them. We RARELY spend any one on one time with them and I don't like that. But 1) some might say they don't know any different and 2) we have such little time the four of us spend together that it would be hard to separate anyway. So such is life with twins I guess. Maybe one day things will be different and there will be more opportunity for the one on one time that I think they SO deserve. As for now, they are best friends and being together, the four of us, is most important. And we are so so so proud of Parker's accomplishment. Definitely growing up!
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