My hubby and I have noticed that in the past several months the sibling rivalry has increased 5 fold it seems.  My daughter who is 8, and son who is 6, have a love-hate relationship.  I have to say that they are also really starting to act disrespectful towards me and almost act like spoiled rotten kids. However, I don't feel that I do spoil them!  Did I act and behave this way?  How do we ever start to reverse a pattern we see coming at us at warp speed?  All these questions...

I can't keep them separated forever. I picked up one from camp today and the other from my sister's house, where they were while I worked until 5pm.  My son was an angel according to my sister, all day.  The minute the 2 of them met ways they started up right away.

 My daughter asked for a playdate at 5:30 pm, as I'm thinking 'OK what will I cook for dinner' and 'What things did I not get done at work that I need to stay up and do tonight', etc.  I'm also thinking 'what can we do together that won't cause a fight?'.  Games used to be great.  Board games after dinner - a nice family event.  Now it seems the loser cries and starts a fight.  Hmmmm... 

 I'll just finish this venting for now and move on to more positive things tomorrow :-)