Deborah Woehr

“Valentine’s Day is gay!” Little Brother proclaimed before we walked out the door.

He hates this holiday because it’s too sappy and frilly. Big Brother sees the perfect chance to jump in and rib him. Surprisingly, there is no bloodshed before we leave for school.

Little Brother is always the first to get dropped off because he starts earlier. As he’s walking toward the playground entrance, Big Brother starts giggling wildly. Then he informs me of the trick he played on LB.

Sure enough, I catch sight of the heart stickers lining the bottom portion of LB’s backpack. Pink stands out great against black, even from 20 feet away. I watched my youngest walk with the other kids, having no clue to what his brother had done and envisioning flying fists and feet when I go to pick them up.

Meanwhile, Big Brother is still giggling as I pull away from the curb, relishing his practical joke.

Update:

The war began before we got through the front door. Little Brother managed to lock Big Brother out of the house. I was in the kitchen, cleaning it up before I prepared dinner, when my oldest knocked on the back door. A mini-war ensued, where clothes and shoes were thrown about.

Big Brother was smart enough to lock himself in his room until I calmed his brother down. Soon, they were distracted by homework. Then Grandma came over. Grandma went home about 30 minutes ago. Now all three of my children (hubby and the boys) are sitting on the couch, watching Sponge Bob.

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10 Responses to “Brotherly Love on V-Day”

melly on 14 Feb 2006 at 12:27 pm #

Awesome! What a great story!
You have to tell us what happened later.

fredcq on 14 Feb 2006 at 1:28 pm #

I am the big brother of my family so I was the one playing all of the jokes Great story!

Marti on 14 Feb 2006 at 1:51 pm #

ROTF!

Can’t wait to hear the finale!

Here, big brother has lorded being in a relationship over little sis for several years, but this year he is companionless and SHE got flowers.

He is not a happy camper LOL (I am guarding closely for any trickery on his part LOL)

Benjamin Solah on 14 Feb 2006 at 4:20 pm #

That’s a good one. Me being the big brother of three sisters, I should have thought of something, but they go to school before I wake up.

deborah.woehr on 14 Feb 2006 at 8:20 pm #

Melly: I’m sorry for the wimpy finale. They have done much better, blood and all.

Fred: I was the Big Sister, who policed my brothers into submission (cackling like an evil witch). I loved to tease the brother who gave me the most grief.

Marti: Good for your daughter! Brothers can be such pigs.