Together

Sam and Maya have quite the fond relationship most of the time. We love hearing the excitement in Maya's voice when she says "Sa" (her version of Sam) when he comes down in the morning (Maya is the earlier riser usually). Sam does his best to include Maya in conversations and often asks her questions such as, "What is your favorite color?" or "What do you want to eat MaYAA" (his inflection).

But siblings wouldn't be siblings without torture and oh man, can they torture one another. It is quite amazing to watch how ingrained it is in them from such an early age. Sam will just stand on Maya's blanket just to get a reaction of our her or Maya will just walk up to Sam's trains and throw them half way across the room to watch Sam melt down like no ones business.

Today I was able to capture each of their favorite tactics in physically torturing the other one. First Maya's favorite move:

The old head sit by Maya is by far her favorite. She even enjoys doing this one to daddy as well. It is not often that she is able to get Sam in this position, it usually involves Sam letting her, but when it happens, oh is she happy.

Sam's favorite move:

Sam has enjoyed the "wollybooger" from a very young age. He could spend hours doing these to Mommy and Daddy. He no longer has the need to do them to us, because he has his sister to torment with them. Of course, they are the funniest when Maya is running around the house holding her shirt up trying to avoid one of his "attacks."