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Monkey See, Monkey Do
Many of you who have read about or met Sidney know by now that he is the cutest, most handsome, well mannered, well behaved and polite son in the world. Yet he is also energetic, playful, daring and inquisitive. Sidney gets into anything and everything, right?
Well, guess who is taking after this daring soul? Miss Zurhi. Where do I start? I just hope and pray that we don’t get a surprise visit from child services asking to join us for dinner. Because Zurhi is pretty banged up and being a lighter version of Sidney (and I mean really light), her bruises are apparent…even to the naked eye.
She goes full speed and indulges in every single activity she sees her brother enjoying, danger be damned. This also means that when Sidney is being ‘good’, she reluctantly imitates. I mean, I grew up with an older sister, older brother and a younger sister who came along after I was matured and self-sufficient, so I won’t focus on the 10yr gap. But growing up with my old sister and brother was a different story. We all had different personalities, but the same tendencies. Older sister was the really quiet one, took education wayyyy too serious (and still does) and just lived in her own little world. All she cared about was being the perfect child and getting perfect grades. She was the golden child.
Older brother, possibly the nicest, most loving, and kind-hearted guy I have ever met. Very diplomatic too. Always protective of me. He is the one Sidney takes after, so when I describe Sidney, you get a sense of my brother. However, since I turned out to be a girl, I automatically became his younger brother. So guess who he practiced all his Bruce Lee moves on? Yup! Me. But thank God for older siblings and kudos to them because they are seriously under a lot of pressure. I did everything they did. Everything. I followed their footsteps. Most of the time, nothing my parents said to me mattered, but if my older ones said something to me, it was truth. So you can say I ended up like both of them. Half of my sister, half of my brother.
Fast forward to my Kids. Sidney gets Zurhi and vice versa. The chaos in our house? Insanity! You see Zurhi tackling Sidney to the floor like it’s a game of USC v. UCLA. They are screaming, running, jumping, playing video games, watching sports…and the list goes on. It is pure madness to the highest degree. It was/is the same with my niece, Bilikis. She looks up to Sidney. They are just a year apart, but Sidney is her idol. She sees Sidney and she flips out. Then put Zurhi in the mix, and you’ll see her emulating both. She has a learned a lot from Bilikis already, especially (questionable) dance moves. With one more on the way, Greg and I have decided to perfect our “tune them out” mode.
I’m going to leave you with what inspired this blog. A few days ago, I picked up Zurhi from school, she went running to Sidney’s room, however, met his absence because he was on a sleep over play date. She decided to stay in his room and play with his toys. Well, Sidney has a bunk bed in his room. A really tall one that has an open space on the bottom. She has seen Sidney climb up and down his bed and jump down like he is a super hero of some sort and I guess this particular evening was her night to attain the super hero status. She climbed all the way up (this still baffles me because not in my wildest dream would I have thought that my 16mth old could climb one step talk less of all the way up). I heard her singing out really loud, so I decided to check in to see what she was up to.
I walked in and I was in shock. How did she get up there? Am I seeing OK? Before I could reach out my hand, pick her up and bring her down, she got up and dove. Yup…landed right on the carpeted floor. Thank God she didn’t break any bones, but she did bust her lip and her wrist was sore for a couple of days. She cried herself to sleep that evening. I was scared shitless. I gave her Motrin, called her dad…I panicked. The rest of the weekend she was sick, but she is much better now and boy are we happy to have our jolly Zurhi back. I will rather have my kids screaming and running any day than have them confined to their bed or to my chest with sickness. This, folks, is a serious case of monkey see, monkey do.
Can you all relate to this, are your kids the same way or my kids are special? If not your kids, I’m sure you and your sibling(s) had similar encounters. No?
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Well, glad to know Zurhi is well. I can just imagine your shock watching her dive!!! Well, Aidan loves to do flips. I mean , he does a 360 flip . I can’t even do a 360 flip. I don’t even pop my fingers let alone do a 360 flip!
Oh, then my nephew Adnan, used to run down my mother’s long hallway and do a land slide on his knees. I really believe there ’s a certain free spritedness about children. They have no care in the world and they perform these stunts and don’t get hurt in the same manner an adult would if an adult tried .
Like they say, God watches over the little ones closely….I really loved your story, it reminded me of the lack of worry in a child’s world. and I love Zurhi fearlessness.
Adanma, lol! “I don’t even pop my fingers? That’s funny!
Flips and land slide on the knees? Jesus! Yes, free spirit with these kids..indeed. I wonder what age they start to loose that “free spirit and not having a care in the world?” May be when bills and responsibilities sets in? lol.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, Zurhi is all better now and back in the grind.
I am so proud to call these kids my niece and nephew! They are so much like the stories that mom tells about Greg…
Dave’s 2 yo nephew, Charlie Danger, is the same way but without an older sibling, imitates dirt bike videos (since he’s obsesses with motorcycles). He watches a video, goes downstairs to his wood rocking motorcycle, and imitates the whole video. Stands on the seat with one foot, other foot in the air and rocks. It’s crazy and he’s been doing this for a good 6 months!
Anyhoo…that smile on Zurhi’s face is priceless…I had such a blast with her last week! Needless to say, I’m in love with each and every one of these kids and can’t wait to be an auntie for the 6th time (including Charlie Danger in the mix)!
LOL!!! Hahahaha. That is too funny!! I can only imagine the shock on your face. She dove down ke? Hahahahahahahaha. Obvciously, she overestimated her capabilities, ey? She forgot to factor in the age and height difference. But they (ur kids) are sooooo gorgeous!!! Dash me the girl. I wanna put make-up on her face. Hehehehe.
Who loses the spirit? Aren’t you always telling me that I have to stop playing so hard, too, hon? If I wouldn’t inspire Sidney to follow me I’d be climbing the palm trees in our front yard on a regular basis.
lol this is sooo funny!!!
Kids will always be kids!
@ Auntie Em, they love having you as their auntie mtv. I’m sure they think you are cooler than their parents.
@ Vera, I was like wth? Like what are you thinking, sweetie..do you think you’re going to land on balloons? Anyway, I can’t dash you O, Greg won’t find that funny lol. Zurhi is his drug and Sidney is mine. You can babysit, but the only problem is that she may be the one applying make-up on you. That girl will sell you. Lol.
@ Greg, Baby, I know, I know! You guys play so rough, and I get a bit scared. Love you!
@ Nolimit, my kids are like adults with kiddie tendencies/brains
Hahahahaa…
Very funny kids you have. May God continue to bless them.
@ Vera, na the only thing wey you no be dat..No dash am oh..LOL
Our girl did WHAT????
OMG…its a good thing I didn’t see this before.
SIGH!!
I unfortunately have to be the bearer of bad news…That “ever playful thingy” Greg has…its one of their traits (only you and Greg would get this) it doesn’t get better with age!!! LMAO
I’m happy she is better but I am sooooo mad at u!!!!!
LOL!I can almost see the shock on ur face when she took the dive, but Im glad she is OK.I bet u dont have to tell her not to do that again(hopefully). Well I can tell Jas is going to be copying Jahim when she gets older, she is always excited to see him.
Folake I’m glad Zurhi is better, do not bet that she will not do it again though. All you can do is watch closely and pray.Let me share a secret with you; I used to tkink that Zurhi is the most adorable little girl on the planet earth untill Jasmin came along. I love them both so much and can’t wait to see them both again. Maybe in december?.Kisses and hugs to her and her big bro.
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