Art Differences
Up until recently, so much of the differences seemed to be developmental versus personality, per say. But lately I'm beginning to wonder if they are personality quirks and it is fascinating to witness.
G is type A. So very, very type A. His teacher's at school have said so since he was two. He's enigmatic, a natural leader, and always helpful. His 4s teacher talked to me and said he's a great leader and always helping the other kids with their work, he's going to do great in Kinder. To which I said, good-naturedly, "you mean he's bossy." She laughed but said it was a great quality that would serve him well.
Perhaps. I've heard the word "bossy" thrown my own direction. I think I'm okay.
G is also a tad OCD. He will point out every burnt out light bulb within five hundred feet. If police cars are mixed up with other cars - or if the cars are just mixed up on the race track, he has to organize them. Police cars all together, fire trucks all together, all other cars lined up by color or type. Trains are the same way. Cars by type, then color.
The other day they were both playing upstairs and D was setting up his own train. He was setting up his cars by color, but not by type. Which put the red caboose in the middle of the train and the blue cars at the end. So potentially some of the same OCD here, just earlier stages. But G, in later developmental stages and able to distinguish type, was completely flustered.
D, let me help you fix your train! But D was very happy with how his train was set up. But it was causing G angst. He stared and watch D happily prance the train around the tracks and he would reach for the train to fix it and I'd have to correct him ... D can play trains however he likes. You aren't the boss of him. When D finally moved on to another item, G relaxed. Though I didn't let him fix the train.
Today, while doing some painting, D wants more colors. He's going to mix them up. G did this to at this age or earlier so it's hard to say if this is true personality, but G was apoplectic with the lack of separation. He wanted his own plate with colors and he wanted new brushes for each color. I said no. Though I did give him a cup of water to wash out the brush if he wanted. The result was G was ready to be done painting pretty quick, and D had a marvelous time. G wanted different colored stripes. D was just painting, which he does seem to get very into. More than I ever remember G doing. But perhaps that's because of big brother. We shall see.
All children have their quirks. I like watching their personalities come out. D is my emotional child. G is, in so far as is normal for a 4yo, more logical. D has needed far more discipline than I remember dishing out for G. And he isn't afraid of me. G still is, to a certain extent.
Where I see them differing from other siblings ... D is obsessed with G. He loves him, and wants to be just like him. G views D as a playmate until their are other friends around, and then poor D is neglected (it's so sad to watch). But I've learned not all younger siblings have this hero worship. I wondering what it will mean for them long term.
It's just fun to think on sometimes. And it's fun to see G's OCD nature come out and rile up at D's embracing of chaos. Which may make me mean.
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