Paul, not quite 4, has taken an interest in learning math. This week he’s worked hard on addition and subtraction. While he is still very young I am excited that my little boy is showing a sincere interest in learning. (Spurred on by a mommy who loves reading and going to the library.)
Megan, just turned 6, is starting to pick up the McLane communication structure. Yesterday when Paul and Bradley were acting foolish Kristen jokingly called them "geniuses" and Megan instantly picked up on the sarcasm. All day long Kristen and Megan shared the joke that the boys were geniuses.
I am a very sarcastic person. I try to keep it under control as I know a lot of people don’t like my humor and some even consider it rude. I remember Kristen struggled with my sarcasm when we first met and I kept telling her "wait until you meet my family and then you will see real sarcasm." Sarcasm is a communication trait in our family. It’s probably the one thing we all truly share.
I think for me, sarcasm is just how I coped with things growing up. It was so much easier to laugh things off than to get swallowed in the circumstances.
And for my kids, I think sarcasm is purely learned behavior. My kids are going to be sarcastic because Kristen learned it from me and I am sarcastic.
Conversely, I think our kids are also picking up the family trait of curiosity for learning. We are all constantly reading, digging, innovating, and trying to discover something new.
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