Kristin and I, for whatever reason, like to compare our kids to animals.  We have ever since Blue was born.  Originally we though of him as a snail.  You know the personality of a snail.  Just kind of sitting there.  Then we realized that all babies do that.  They just sit there for a while.  Then he became mobile and hyper and all that so we decided that he was more like a rabbit.  He prefers something cooler like a cheetah but it’s our game so he has to be a rabbit to us.  

Aiden is more like a turtle or something like that.  Slow and steady. He will do the same thing for hours and never seem to get bored. Now, as he gets older we are thinking of him more like a cat. A cat that lays in the sun all day, and isn’t really interested in what you have to say unless it’s directly affecting him. He’s not interested in all that much affection unless he wants it and when he does he’s constantly rubbing against you. For years we have described Aiden as “calm like a bomb”. He’s mellow until something happens that he really doesn’t like and then the claws are out.

Cooper is a rhino.  He’s the baby that figures out how to break everything.  If he cant get something to work he will smash it as much as possible to get it to work.  He’s the “head down, full force” runner and, even as young as he is, likes to pick on cats.  Especially ones named Aiden.

I think Kristin is a little like a bird.  Focussed but distracted.  She knows how to make nests and junk like that, but if she wanted to she could fly into the wilderness and come back whenever she decided.  She wouldn’t be a nasty pigeon or anything like that.  She’d be something cool looking and clean.  Not one of those dirty birds that lives under a bridge and attacks you for climbing into their nasty home.  She’d land on your shoulder and tell you some cool bird stuff and then fly away to tell someone else cool bird stuff.  I would like that kind of bird.

I think I am a little like a frog.  I don’t know why.  I like frogs.  I like how they are hard to see at night unless you almost step on them.  I like how they can climb on stuff.  I like how they are kind of gross, but not as gross as snakes, but still interesting to look at.  They look like you would want to hang out with them, but still gooey and slimy enough that demands personal space.  And there’s always that possibility they might pee on you.  I like that.  I think I’m a frog.

So what kind of animal are you?  Come on, don’t be shy.

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