Big Brother Connor

Scott often talks about how he will grow up to be as big as me. He points out that Katie will grow up to be like Mom, but he will be big like me. He also recognizes that his next big step is to be big like his cousin Connor.



Connor is 4 years older than Scott and that makes him pretty big in Scott's eyes. Connor knows how to do all sorts of cool things that Scott still hasn't learned to do. When we encounter an activity or challenge that is still out of Scott's league, we tell him that he needs to be a bit bigger before he can do it. Usually, this means that he needs to be as big as Connor.

For example, last summer when we went out water-skiing, Scott wanted to have a turn. We said that he would have to be a bit bigger -- like Connor. Now he loves to explain to anyone who will listen that he gets to go ski when he gets big like Connor. Then he will go in the water and he will say, "Hit it!"



Connor lives down in the United States, so Scott only sees him a few times each year. When we let Scott start playing with an old mobile phone a few months ago, he had to think of someone to pretend to call. Who was it? Yes, it was Connor.

"Hi Connor. This is Scott.
I'm using my phone.
Want to come play?
OK. Bye Connor."



This summer we went down to visit "Connor and Afton's house" for Independence Day. Scott felt so big and important when he got to help Connor get out the boxes of fireworks. However, he beat a quick retreat to the house when the explosions started. He wants to be big and brave like Connor, but he still has a few years to go.