The kids have completely different sleep personalities, and lately they’ve also been giving us plenty of little dramas to laugh about.

One night, my daughter insisted that she wanted to sleep with us. My wife told her, “Okay, come over after your little brother falls asleep.” At first she agreed and stayed in her room playing for a while. Then she came back looking thoughtful and announced, “I think I won’t sleep with you after all. Grandma is afraid of the dark and scared of mosquitoes.” So she went right back to the room she shares with Grandma and slept there instead.

Most nights, my mother and my daughter sleep in the same room, and the two of them have their own ongoing battle. My daughter once complained that Grandma snores so loudly at night that she can’t sleep. My mother immediately fired back that my daughter sometimes grinds her teeth and talks in her sleep in the middle of the night. Neither side was willing to admit defeat, so it was basically an even match.

My daughter is the type who never seems to get enough sleep and never really wakes up properly once morning comes around—she takes after her mom and loves staying in bed. During holidays, we usually don’t wake her and just let her sleep until she gets up on her own. Sometimes she can sleep all the way until lunchtime. On rare occasions she gets up at six or seven with my mother, but if that happens, it usually means she had a nightmare.

My son is the opposite and takes after me. Once I’m awake, it’s hard for me to fall back asleep, and he’s pretty much the same way. There have been a few times when he fell asleep and we forgot to put a diaper on him. When he’s deeply asleep, you can fuss with him however you want and he still won’t wake up. But in the morning, the moment we get up and make even a little noise, he’s up too. As soon as he realizes it’s daylight, he knows it’s time to happily start playing again.

He’ll turn two in four months, and since before the Lunar New Year he’s started fighting with his sister over toys. Neither of them gives in. She still doesn’t really understand sharing, and he may be younger, but he’s bossy and stubborn in his own way.

There’s jealousy too. If he sees Grandma holding his sister while they watch TV together, he immediately gets upset, runs over, pushes his sister aside, and demands to be held instead. But if his sister gets pushed away and comes over to me, he’s unhappy about that too. When it comes to grabbing toys, he usually can’t beat his older sister, so he bursts into tears and runs off to complain to Grandpa and Grandma, hoping they’ll back him up. Sometimes the way he acts is so ridiculous it’s hard not to laugh.

My haircutting skills are only half-baked at best, so how many points would you give me for this one?