Full House
No. Not the show. I'm referring to the "state" or type of "environment" you live in. You've probably experienced it before. Me on the other hand? Well, I grew up with one older brother...which was nice. I realize that now. And NOW I've inherited 4 little brothers: Merced, Samuel, Marcos and Caleb, from moving in with my Uncle's family for school.I can honestly say that I don't know what silence sounds like anymore. Silence? What's that? It's even a challenge to have a daily quite-time it's so bad!! They like to fight, yell, play guns, get eachother in the nads, basically anything loud. They want to follow me everywhere. They've never had a girl in the house, so they look at me with such curiousity as someone might do looking at animals at the zoo. It's kinda funny. I'm gonna go with bittersweet. Yes. That's how I would describe it. There's no silence, but there's also no boredom or loneliness or monotony.
Caleb is the baby of the four. 2 years old. He has my Uncle's personality. Wild. Bubbly. Full of life. He loves to talk and have conversations with you although he's not really speaking english. He looks like a little pill with a sligh pop-out belly, which is beyond me, because he eats more than I do. His tantrums are so cute!! He tries to really work the guilt trip in us by varying the pitch and frequency of his wails in hopes that we'll respond. But we know better. He loves people. He never had "mommyitis." He's everyone's favorite at church. His different than the rest of us. I mean physically different. We all have black hair, dark brown eyes and olive-tone to our complexion. Caleb came out white, with light-brown hair and light-brown eyes. We tease my uncle about it and say that he's probably the milk man's. He didn't like that. But my aunt thought it was hilarious! Genes are so funny.
Merced is thirteen. He loves Caleb. He loves taking care of him. He'll teach him phrases and words. He's going to be a good father. He also like getting spanked! Yeah, I know. "That age." He's got some smart remarks here and there, but he's a good kid. He's gonna be handsome too when he grows up. I can say that right? I can brag about my cousins good looks right?
Samuel is the middle child. The typical middle child. Always thirsty for attention, even if its negative attention. He does this thing where he will annoy you to death, and then when you get mad at him, he'll laugh uncontrollably. And he'll keep laughing for like 5 minutes. It's fake. It bothers me that he thinks thats the right way to get attention. He eats a lot. His clothes don't fit him anymore. He loves lucas. Lucas is that mexican-chili-pepper-and-lime-thing that you sprinkle on your hand and lick. It's grosse, trust me. But he likes it. He's 8 years old and still sucks his thumb. Does anyone know how to discourage this habit effectively? He has an overbite now. O' Samuel! How much I love him! I worry about him. I worry about his personality and temper. But he's so considerate too. He has a tendency of really listening to you. It's so refreshing, because he'll over hear your conversations that you didn't know he was listening to and remember details about that conversation. And then when you ask him, "how did you know that I like mint-chocolate chip?" he'll say he heard me talking about it somewhere. He has those little ways that make you feel important and loved. I love that about him. It's a good quality to have.
Marcos is 7. He's the most curious about me. He follows me around everywhere. I sometimes have to say, "Okay, I'm going to change now so you can't come in." It's that bad! He loves to see me put on make-up, brush my hair and see the way I brush my teeth (because I use this an oral-b eletric toothbrush). He made me promise to tell him everytime I'm about to go to take my contacts off so he can see it. And he loves cars! He knows all the car types (or whatever, you know what I mean). His favorite car is the Dodge Viper. I'll catch him playing cars by himself in his room when he's normally very social. It's sooo cute. He loves mint-chocolate chip ice cream like I do, so we get along great. We have similar tastes pretty much altogether. And he talks way too much, let me tell you! I have no idea where he gets that from [wink, wink]? Couldn't be from me. I find myself lately zoning out when he's talking to me. I try not to, but it's so hard when he says that same thing in 10 variations. haha. I don't know where he gets that either [wink, wink].
Well, that's my house for now. Definitely the opposite of what I'm used to, but so interesting and different. I love it.
posted by Becca @ 11:05 AM
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