The Brothers

What they do:

• Open the front door.
• Hold onto their shoes. And the other brother's as well just to make him mad.
• Come in the front door, run to the cabinet where we keep the remote control and try to push as many buttons as possible before Mommy catches up.
• Turn off the lights in their bedroom while Mommy and Daddy or whoever are trying to put them to bed. And I'm not talking just a simple on/off switch here: they can also work the Lutron dimmer.
  It is surprisingly disconcerting to find yourself in total darkness, poopy diaper in hand and two muchkins on the loose...
  
• Run down the hall to the elevator screaming at the top of their lungs (with joy, of course).
• Give high fives.
• Chew their socks.
• Give Mommy really, really great kisses. Unless they’re teasing me, of course.
• Do their doctor routine: Use the stethoscope to try to find your heartbeat anywhere between your forehead and your pelvis. Use the ear-checker thing (what is that called, by the way?) to look for ear infections--in your mouth, and up your nose, and in your belly button, etc. Chew the "pump" on the blood pressure checker.
  
• Climb up the steps before bedtime.
• Practice "jumping": big smile, bend their knees so their butt just about touches the ground, and then stand up really quickly.