While Crocodile doesn't quite have the intensely tumultuous relationship with Rhinoceros and Dinosaur as Cricket did, they are not always major Crocodile fans. Part of it is because 2-year-olds do destroy most things you're trying to do when you're 4 and 7, and his social skills for cooperative play are limited to playing hide-and-seek poorly. Can't help it, he's 2. Part of it is that he needs a lot of my attention, and I'm sure they're jealous for it. I also think it's hard to suddenly have a toddler sibling rather than knowing them as infants and watching them grow into the terrible twos. I know it can be hard as a parent at times.
So it's nice when they have great sibling bonding moments. Tonight we had a blast playing together at a splash pad, no one really getting mad at each other for spraying or splashing each other.
I just noticed Crocodile had been calling Dinosaur and Rhinoceros the same name (as he also does with his sisters), but now he's started clearly saying different names for them now.
And Dinosaur and Crocodile had a sweet moment the other day. Dinosaur has these stuffed "puffles" from Club Penguin that he adores, but all have been missing for who knows how long. Crocodile found one and brought it straight to Dinosaur with a grin on his face. Dinosaur was not only thrilled and thanked him several times, but keeps bringing it up. "Do you remember how kind Crocodile was when he found my puffle and brought it to me? That was so nice!" It's very sweet. I need to tie in that he is a part of that, that by being kind in our house, he is teaching his brothers to be kind by his example.
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