Who IS this kid?

Second children often benefit from worn down parents.  I wonder if that is the contributor....

Scrumpy barely drinks juice.  He is a milk and water kind of guy.  Repeatedly, he has accidentally tried soda and repeatedly rejected it.  While he may not embrace the vegetable like he used to, we hold on to these saving graces, fooling ourselves that we are good parents striving for the right nutrition.

Then there is Baby.  I don't know when it happened, but my story is that when I was not looking, he snuck a sip of my Arnold Palmer and has not looked back!  Now, every time we go to a restaurant, he clamors for my drink.  How disappointed was he when I ordered a beer!

 This is also a child who will NEVER slide down a slide unless it is head first.  As if that is standard protocol.

Let us couple that with his ridiculous obession with my phone!  I am barely in the house, when he is asking me to play "Monkey".  When you ask for it back he says "no thanks".  He has even gone so far as to ask me for "his phone"!

Is this personality, the terrible twos, or second child syndrome?  Or was I just fortunate enough to get the combo of all three?

Welcome to Crossett Xing!

The second half of 2011 was kind of hectic.  Even with the best intentions to re-ignite the blogs, nothing ever materialized.  I realized that trying to manage two blogs was near impossible!  So much like the rest of the economy, we are merging to improve efficiencies.  Welcome to Crossett Xing- the daily trials and tribulations of the Crossett Boys- Scrumpy and Possum!  Here's hoping 2012 is a better blogging experience.