Raising Eyebrows

SAME parents two DIFFERENT kids

It always amazes me how different two children can be when they have the SAME set of parents.  Different habits, different mannerisms, different ways of doing things.  They get some of their most distinctive traits from both parents.  Carter has my wife's face but my ears and tongue.  Tyler's face looks just like mine, but he has my wife's ears.  You get the idea, there is a little bit of both of us sprinkled throughout our children.  I am sure it's that way with most families.

Sometimes I do wonder how these two kids came out of the same person.  Carter is much crazier and much more athletically built than Tyler, whereas Tyler is more artistic and cerebral than Carter.  I guess they are a good balance for each other, at least they haven't killed each other yet.  There are certain things that Tyler could do at Carter's age that Carter could not, like reading and drawing pictures.  However there is one thing that I noticed Carter could do that Tyler has no shot of getting down.

Notice the eyebrows.  Carter can easily make them go up and down.  Now my Mother in Law says he has bedroom eyes, but I am not so certain that I want to anoint my four year old Rico Suave.  It is quite an ability to have, and one that in the future is surely going to make the women swoon.  Tyler on the other hand might have some trouble when it comes to the ladies.

Clearly we have a little bit of work to do on this task.  I don't think he is going to make it through life if he keeps trying to move his eyebrows like this.  Where he failed at this ability is beyond me, my wife and I can both move our eyebrows up and down.  This is really starting to make us question whose child this really is.

What do you notice about your kids?

John Willey - Daddy's in Charge?

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