Scout and Navy are each others best friends — or each others biggest target for teasing.
Clearly, I prefer the first scenario.
A lot of times, my kids prefer the latter.
Last night as I sat in the Family Night Room, I overheard the following conversation from the two “sleeping” kids.
(They share a room.  And Scout usually tries to follow the rules of “no talking and straight to bed because it is a school night”, whereas Navy, by nature, tries to go against all rules.)
Navy was talking a mile a minute….
S: “Navy, would you please be quiet so that I could go to sleep.”
N: “I AM being quiet!”
S: “No you’re not, and the next word you say, I promise you I am going to go and tell Dad.”
N: A decently quiet cough.
S: No response.
N: A louder cough.
S: No response.
N: A loud cough.
S: “NAVY! THERE IS NO COUGHING EITHER!”
N: “Scout, I have to cough….I am SICK!”  (Which she is not.)
S: “No you’re not.  And the next cough, I am going to tell Dad.”
N: Silence.
S: Coughing louder and louder.
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They can both dish it.
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Navy is like the gnat that is always there, just buzzing in your ear.  We laugh that she is ALWAYS on.  There is not a moment of the day where I can relax on her, because the second I do, she will be plotting.  She keeps us all laughing, and exhausts me to the fullest by about 10:00 pm.
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Scout, on the other hand, is clever.  He picks and chooses the times he wants to pester.  A lot of times, it is a rebuttal to Navy’s incessant teasing.  He has quite a bit of patience with her, but when he is done — he goes in for the clever kill.
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I like both of their tactics.
Navy wins by the “wear down”.
Scout wins by the “direct hit”.