When They Aren't Fighting (Much)

Cameron is a really great big brother.  As Matthew tells him often, "You da best."  Now, don't get me wrong, Cameron and Matthew spend the majority of their time together fighting.  Matthew touched Cameron's Legos, or Cameron wants to watch Fetch with Ruff Ruffman while Matthew would strongly prefer Super Why, or Cameron thinks Matthew should play the role of Anakin Skywalker but Matthew doesn't get it and keeps trying to be Darth Vader even though Cameron has clearly established that the role playing is set in the Clone War years, before Anakin even became Darth Vader and if Matthew wants to be Darth Vader he should be perfectly happy to be Anakin since Anakin really is Darth Vader just not yet.  You know.

But when these two get along, it's magic.

Cameron recently realized that he is now big enough to give Matthew piggy back rides, which both boys find endlessly entertaining.  (Endlessly meaning "for about two minutes until someone scratches someone else.")  Matthew was anxious to return the favor and told Cameron he would give him a piggy back ride.  Cameron gamely climbed up on the couch, put his arms around Matthew's shoulders and then walked behind Matthew, praising him for giving such good piggy back rides.

And yesterday, in a display of cooperation the likes of which I have never seen, Matthew played trains while Cameron used Legos to build a train tunnel.  (Which Matthew subsequently destroyed, prompting Cameron to momentarily lose his mind, but that's besides the point.)

The train/Lego play continued this morning, with a new agreement that the story line would be that a train tunnel is built but is structurally unsound, leading to collapse and subsequent rebuilding efforts.  Midway through the scene, Matthew began to shriek with laughter.  "Look!  Look Mama!  I made dis so funny!"

When I came, he showed me two of his Lego people perched on top of the helicopter.  He gave the propellor a spin, the Lego people rotating with the blade.  This, apparently, was hysterically funny.  (I had mistakenly thought it was just slightly amusing.) "It SO funny!" he reiterated.  He pointed to the people with a huge smile, "It Matthew and mama!"  This is NOT good news, because I am extremely prone to motion sickness.