It doesn't take long to figure out some of your kid's dominant personality traits. All of our kids are strong willed but they have very different approaches to life. Berkeley is cautious. He is safety conscious. He is a rule follower. Some might call him a "goodie two shoes." (Note: these things don't always apply when Mommy and Daddy are around to witness.) Griffin on the other hand never believes that rules, safety or otherwise, apply to him. Caution is always thrown to the wind.
In case we'd forgotten about these qualities of our children we were reminded a few days ago. Ian was out with the boys and they were doing something that he thought might be a bit dangerous. He cautioned them to be careful. Berkeley responded by saying "it's ok Daddy, I'm going to be very safe." Griffin then announced, "I'm not going to be safe, I'm going to be DANGEROUS!" and took a flying leap.
Uh. Huh. He's only three.
Parker, well, the jury is still out, but I'm afraid to admit out loud that he seems to be shaping up more like Griffin. As if life isn't interesting enough around here . . . things promise to get a whole lot more exciting before they finally go away to college and leave Ian and I to sleep in again.
