It's so funny...

And I know that I shouldn't laugh, but I do. See, my two year old beats up my 8 year old! Like I said, I shouldn't laugh but I do. But I only think it's fair considering the things that my oldest has done to him.

When my 2 year old was just a few months old, my oldest took it upon himself to smother my baby with the couch pillows. He did other things throughout the years but more recently I was giving my toddler a bath/shower and for a second left him in the care of my 8 year old to watch so that I could hurry and get the bottle of conditioner that I forgot. I would have let my oldest get it but by the time he would have found it, I would have been done with my/our shower. So I leave for just a second and said a few words to my fiance when all of a sudden I hear a noise that sounds like either water splashing or a smacking sound followed by the toddler yelling "NOOOOOO!" coming from the bathroom. So I go and hide behind the wall and watch my oldest. At first he was just laughing and splashing water, and then he shakes the water off the curtain. I was just about to take over when to my surprise he smacks the toddler on top on the head three times REALLY hard...then he turns towards the wall laughing sadistically. As soon as he saw me his immediate reaction was "I was just playing". YA RIGHT!!

Then just this month the two were playing with the toddler's toy car track. When they both broke it the oldest wanted to put it together...but the youngest wanted him to leave it alone. So what does my oldest do? He punches him in the head!! All because the youngest didn't want my oldest to put it back together! Then just a few weeks ago the toddler just started hitting the oldest on top of the head for no reason. So I laughed, and then it hit me...my toddler only does what he's seen or has been done to him, so I asked my oldest if he'd been hitting him when I am not looking. He sat there for a minute trying to come up with a lie, and I tell him that his brother wouldn't do that unless he had been doing it to him. So he lowers his head and admits to hitting him when we aren't looking. ISN'T that a smack to his own face?

Now don't get me wrong, if my toddler hits him for absolutely no reason, then I do punish him for it. I think it's fitting, personally! After 2 years of my oldest hurting his brother, his brother has become smart and strong enough to hurt back! But what's even funnier to me is the fact that the oldest sits there and whines about it when he gets hit! The toddler didn't do that, otherwise I would have known about it! So, all's fair game in my book!