I grew up with three sisters. I think every girl should have sisters, but I secretly always wanted a big brother! You know, someone who would punch any guy who looked at me the wrong way and always had his eye out for me! My friends all told me that wasn’t the way it worked and their brothers weren’t like that, but Vienna lucked out. Ethan is exactly that kind of big bro.
A few weeks ago at the park, a pretty big kid pushed Vienna. I stood up from the sidelines, a little alarmed and about to get mad myself. But right then, before I could even move – Ethan came running toward V and yelling, “Hey! Hey! Hey!” He then looked down at V and said, “Vienna, you okay?” Vienna said, “Yeah.” And then Ethan looked at the kid and calmly said with a very serious I’m-going-to- kick-your-butt-if-you-mess-with-my-little-sister look, “Don’t do that, okay?”
The kid, looked at Ethan and said, “Okay.” And it was over.
I was so puffed up in pride I teared up! I know we aren’t supposed to endorse violence in any way as a parent, but I loved watching my big guy stand up for his little sis and if he would have punched him I probably wouldn’t have blinked an eye! In the end, I got the Big Bro I wanted!Blog to you soon,
