What's a big brother for?

For burying

I was cleaning and I could hear Parker playing in the other room, but I had no idea what he was up to.  A few minutes later, my parents came home for lunch, and Parker ran to them and yelled, "grandpa, I'm playing cars with Kaeson!"

For smothering
Parker getting right in Kaeson's face is a very common occurrence around our house.

For playing "Do as I'm doing"
Parker likes to act just like Kaeson, so one day, he climbed right up on Lance's lap, laid down right beside Kaeson, and started sucking his thumb just like Kaeson was doing.

For Teaching
Their conversation in the tub a few days ago:

Parker: Kaeson what's this letter?

Kaeson: (silence)

Parker: It's a G like Gina, Kaeson.

and so it went through about ten more letters.

For offering comfort
I got in the shower and told Parker as I always do, to come tell me if Kaeson started to cry.  When I stepped out of the shower, I could hear that Kaeson was, in fact, getting a little fussy.  Rather than come get me, as he usually does, Parker was standing by his side, and offering a comforting hand to Kaeson's shoulder.  It was one of those great melt your heart moments of the day.

For keeping warm
When I asked Parker what he was doing, he responded with, "Kaeson was cold mommy"

I'll bet you had no idea that being a great big brother entailed so much hard work!!! As you can see, Parker meets the job description quite well.