brief respite from the bickerfest

It seems like Ace and Giggles are constantly, deliberately antagonizing and irritating each other. Every day. Maybe I only hear the contentious conversations where there is yelling, the lack of respect or the fiercely whispered commands of "leave me alone!" or "Get away from me!", the standard "Don't touch me!" or my favorite, "you're such a jerk!".


Sometimes it is very hard to refrain from telling them they are both jerks.
But then they have moments like this:



Or this:



These are the moments when they laugh together, enjoy each other's company, are friendly to one another and behave like the kind hearted kids they are with everyone else.

Until they revert back to spawns of satan.

I expect I will look back on the days they spent at each other's throats as character building and lessons on negotiating interpersonal relationships. Or maybe that's just the bourbon haze?