Happy Siblings Day-Lessons Learned

Today is Siblings Day and I can't not celebrate the day without imparting some very wonderful wisdom from growing up with two sisters and a brother.  Though we do not live close to each other, if you've ever heard me complain about my phone blowing up, it is usually texting from my sisters.  So here goes:

1.  It is always better to cut your younger sister's hair then your own.  That way when you make a mistake you're not paying for it, she is.

Sorry Jen, you didn't make it.

2.  When changing a younger sibling's diaper, it is not a good idea to hold the baby powder upside down and squeeze.

3.  The best type of torture on a sibling is the usual "Mom's not around concoction" this includes usually ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, pepper, sugar and PeptoBismol.

4.  Remember to always strengthen your pointing finger, you will use it quite frequently during your childhood saying, "She did it," or "She made me do it."

5.  Many of your great ideas should usually stay great ideas.  If you are going to try them on your siblings, try to put some type of padding on them, at least a helmet.

6.  If you ever want a total recall of your diary, as your sibling.  This works even 30 years later.

7.  If you are last child born into a family, you will not make many family pictures.  Sorry.

8.  As you get older, it gets harder bribing a sibling at keeping their mouth shut when you have a momentary lapse in judgement.  They seem to like watching you being tortured by the parents more than keeping their mouth shut.  Money sometimes works.

9.  It is best to be aware of the sibling allergic to poison ivy, especially when you watch them wiping themselves in the woods with it.  Helps you keep your mouth shut while laughing.

10.  When you get back together at any age, you immediately fall back into the sibling rivalry you had as children.  You usually revert back to acting as children as well.

11.  Be happy that we grew up before camera phones.  There would be so much blackmail material - from us acting out Grease, to making up our own commercials, to playing "school" the day after school let out for the summer.

I love my siblings because they made me who I am today.  Our witches brew in the backyard, King of The Hill usually ending up in a fist fight, to now laughing at all of those stories years later.  It has always been said that all three of us sisters have "moxie" so I guess it does run in the family.  Here's to many more inappropriate ideas down the road to chasing each other in our wheelchairs!

Happy Siblings Day!