Sometimes seeing how our 7 year-old takes to her brother kind of makes us regret. Don’t get me wrong…We regretted not getting her a sibling much sooner, though it was something beyond our control.
She loves playing with her younger brother, running around and even carrying him. She loves reading to him and talking to him. She helps us babysit him (to the best of her ability) and looks forward to the day they can swim together but due to the large age gap (she’s 7 while he is just 1 this year), a lot of what she does have to be calibrated to his age – her activities with her brother can’t be ‘too rough or adventurous’; he doesn’t laugh at the jokes she cracks and sometimes he finds it hard to catch up with his older sister. Nonetheless, she dotes on him and these days, with Buddy in infant care, she can’t wait for him to return every evening so that she can be with him again. We were initially worried about possible sibling jealousy but she has assumed the role of a big sister with open arms from Day 1.
In fact, it was primarily because we wish to instill this sense of ‘family’ that we decided to adopt a younger sibling for Dana – someone whom she call her own. This may be morbid to some but sometimes my wife and I do talk about the eventuality when we are ‘no longer around’, at least she would have Buddy, a sibling of her own for support and company…in happy times or sad.
But we are glad we eventually did. Today, these two are quite inseparable: When Dana was away on camp the past weekend, he would call out ‘Na Na’ (for Dana) in the car and when asked where ‘Na Na’ is. At home, he would toddle to her bedroom and peer inside. Dana naturally misses her brother too. Though the age gap is obvious at this stage, she still loves him to bits, often cuddling him and helping to wheel him around in the stroller. For Dana, it is also good that her home consists of someone she can relate to other than her parents who, to her, can be quite authoritarian at times.
Since Buddy came along, we have been trying to dress them up in matchy-matchy clothes whenever possible but it has proven to be a little challenging: the designs that are suitable for Dana may not be available in Buddy’s size and vice-versa. Thankfully, the wife found these Tangram Tees that not only are ‘matchy-matchy’ but allow parent and child to customize them according to our fancy! Naturally, Dana enjoyed sticking the letters and Tangrams onto the shirts and it’s this ability to create any text, images and patterns of her choice that made wearing the Tangram Tee all the more special. She felt like a young stylist, in charge of designing her and her brother’s OOTD (Outfits Of The Day)!
Tangram Tees are made from good quality, fine cotton – breathable, soft and very comfortable for kids. Each Tee comes with seven reusable shapes allow us to form different patterns on the shirt as often as we like. Guess what? There are over 6,500 Tangram patterns to play with just these 7 basic shapes! The best part about Tangram Tees is the FREE online learning resources which parents can access with each purchase. In it, there are activity sheets, teaching guides and fun-filled Tangram challenges we can do with our kids. If you ask me, I think this makes a very thoughtful and reasonably priced Christmas or Birthday gift, better than any toys.
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Siblings are special because they share secrets and play together everyday. I would like to win Tangram Tee because my 3 kids love Tangram very much.
Sibling are important cause parent won’t be able to accompany them throughout their life journey. It would be good if there’s any person around to talk to and share the burden, sadness and happiness together. won’t be a loner. better in character building too
Siblings have that special bond that no one else could break because they share so many years playing together, fighting with one another… that they know each other’s likes, dislikes and all those juicy secrets (which are kept unknown to their parents, haha!). I would love to win a set of the Tangram Tee because my 5-year-old girl loves creating animal shapes with Tangrams.
Siblings are special cos’ God chose them for us even before we were born.
My mom have described to my siblings and I the analogy of the strength of the unity of siblings, and I have in turn told my kids several times now.
She picked up a small stick and asked each of us to break it. It was easy to do. Then, she gave each of us 2 sticks, and again asked us to break it. It wasn’t as easy as one stick. And since there were 3 of us, she gave us 1 more stick and told us to break 3 sticks at a go. It was tough, in fact, I couldn’t break it. And that, she said, is the strength of siblings when we work as a team.
Blood is thicker than water – it should be – and nothing can change that.
Siblings are special because they fight to lobe each other more… lol
Hope to win this as siblings clothes are hard to get
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Siblings are special, they look out for each other and take great care for each other too.
I hope to win the t-shirt for them to play tangram on it.
Siblings love and hate each other. Would love to win for my boys to squeeze their creativity juices.
Siblings are special because fate brings them together. They fight and squabble yet still love each other in their heart. It’s a special relationship that no one friend can replace for life. I hope to win this set of Tangram tee for my boys as they are exactly the special siblings that I have mentioned. ??❤??
My girl is 4 years old and the lil brother 2 years old. They came a long way before becoming so close to each other now. My then 2 year old girl was suffering from jealousy pangs with the arrival of her baby brother. I even caught her hitting the baby brother when we weren’t looking. It broke our hearts to see that then, not knowing if it was “fair” for us to introduce a baby brother to her when she wasn’t emotionally ready. Nights of her crying as i needed to co-sleep with the boy in a separate room since i had no helper. Fast forward to today, where the 2 of them find great joy in each other’s company and doing their pretend play each night after childcare, we cannot describe the joy and comfort we feel. This set of tangram tee will be a fantastic gift for the kiddos. I am sure the elder sis will have great fun designing the t shirt for the baby brother and the baby brother will gamely put on anything designed by the girl with love 🙂
Siblings are friends forever, even if they might fight.. they learn to kiss and make up pretty soon. Family will always be there for you. I always have a hard time finding matchy clothes for my pair, so this would be just PERFECT!
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Answer: Siblings are important and it plays a special roles to one another in life. Having siblings makes a healthier life because whereby kids grow up together, facing and doing the same things in life, will tend to look out for each other, and tackle harder situations together solving it. Having to be able to learn from each other, they are able to conquer problems together, tackling the solutions, and being able to cultivate a habit that they will work things out together (teamwork) and bonding together to solve a certain problems. Siblings affection, regardless of genders, is a positive things in life. Having siblings are the most special things in life you can ever ask for ! <3
Siblings are special because no one else share the same bond that we have growing up together, with shared memories of family time. Would love the tangram tee for my kids as a symbol of their special sibling bond together! <3
Siblings are special as they love and hate each other at the same time!! Love for the special moments and bonding… and hate when they want to possess something that both are eyeing together. My son is 5 years older than my daughter and their love is so deep it melts our heart. The older one gives in to his sister’s bullying and the little one will feed her brother whenever she sees food!! Their hatred is only when they want something and there’s only 1 to go around! Hope they will grow up loving and supporting each other thru to adulthood!!
I loveeeeeee matchy matchies that aren’t too cheesy and this is an awesome piece!! Hope to win it 🙂
Siblings share a very special bond which is different from the rest. Siblings are the person who knows you the longest besides your mum.The connection forved between them is also shape the way the child will grow up to become..So its a really crirical and special rship.
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
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Having a sibling helps to install the core values of caring, sharing, loving and family spirits in your early stage of your life and more often than not, a sibling is also your first playmate and a best friend for life. In my case, I was the eldest in the family and I grew up with my parents and relatives telling me that I should take care of my sisters because they are younger than me and I did. Though there were times that I felt that it is not fair and was even jealous about the attention that the adults showered to my sisters but the role of the being the big sister came naturally and I was always protective of them and would look out for them like a hawk. I still do, except that it is now a two-way thing and we are on each other’s speed dial. We are not only family, we are also best of friends and we can share about everything and anything under the sun.
Our Jie Jie is 6 and Mei Mei is 2 and we are trying to foster the same spirits and instil the same core values in them so that they would treasure each other.
Siblings are like the limbs of the parents – can’t do without one another.