Brendan C 4M

The Metal Dome

My brother, Tanner, is like a metal dome protecting me 24/7. There may be a two year difference between us, but he’s just like me.

Tanner was born on September 1, 2004, and my life changed from boring and miserable, to exiting and chaotic! When he started walking in 2006, we started having a lot more fun together. Before that in 2005, he started talking. You probably think that was good but it was also evil. He started yelling stuff like SHUT UP and IDIOT to everyone in the family. Every time I tried to tell him to stop he didn’t listen.

  

He isn’t just obnoxious, but Tanner can be like a metal dome protecting me. One example of that was when we were outside playing after one of his soccer games in 2010, when someone started annoying me. My brother and I both told him to stop, but it was no use. Tanner stepped up to the kid and came to my defense and the kid left me alone.

Tanner is literally always by my side like my shadow. He follows me all around the house and even watches me do my ixl homework and calls out the answers. He steals my toys and tries to play my drums. Tanner likes to hang around my friends and feels like an older kid. He helps me with friendships and gives me advice about making up with a friend or staying away from someone. We both like to borrow each other’s clothes and they fit because we are only a couple of inches difference in height. He does get away with more mischievous actions like attacking me and then I am sent to my room! I know that by Tanner being my shadow he really likes being around me and I am special to him.

When we both grow up, I hope Tanner becomes the sweet boy he is now and that we don’t get into as many fights as we do now. I hope that even if we are separated, we will still protect each other somehow. I hope the metal dome continues on and on.