Sibling rivalry. Home Town hosts Ben Napier and Erin Napier solely advised Us Weekly that their daughters get very jealous of one another.
The HGTV personalities, who wed in 2008, share daughters Helen, 4, and Mae, 14 months. While the couple mentioned Helen is “an incredible big sister,” that doesn’t imply there aren’t any points.
“We still have some jealousy,” Ben, 38, revealed to Us.
Erin, 37, defined that playtime is usually a main level of competition. “It’s very hard, but they’re starting to play together and that’s exciting ’cause Mae is almost a year and a half,” the Laurel Mercantile Co. co-owner added. “She wants to say things and do things and take things from her sister. So they’re having fun and playing together, but they’re also having little jealousy over toys.”
Sharing playthings is hard, however sharing mother is even worse. Ben was fast so as to add that they struggle over her consideration as nicely. However, they solely battle with one another.
“Mae bites Helen — and no one else,” Erin famous.
Ben and Erin Napier. HGTV
“She won’t bite anybody else, but she’ll bite her sister, which is not, like, a good thing,” Ben mentioned with amusing.
He understands, nevertheless, that Mae is simply on the lookout for methods to speak. “[Toddlers] want to walk, they want to talk, and they just can’t do it the way they want to. They’re very frustrated all the time,” the Scotsman Co. founder mentioned, noting that he actually loves the toddlerhood years regardless of the difficulties.
Luckily, the jealousy stays at dwelling when Helen goes to high school. Their eldest is flourishing after beginning faculty this yr.
“She is loving it. It has been awesome for her. She’s made a friend — who’s not a cousin,” Erin gushed. “This is her first non-family member friend, and it’s a big deal. Really big deal for her.”
When they aren’t parenting their very own daughters, they’re attempting to make life slightly simpler for native households who’re much less lucky. The Napiers redecorated the Salvation Army homeless shelter of their city of Laurel, Mississippi, on Friday, September 16.
“We got to tour the shelters and it was really cool to see how they cater to everyone, you know, all walks of life, families, single people,” the Home Town: Ben’s Workshop host mentioned. “Then we got thinking about our kids and if we were to have to come and stayed in a shelter, and we wanted to help them do something to make it friendlier.”
That’s the place Ben and Erin‘s expertise are available in. They needed it to really feel extra inviting for individuals who had been already going by a tough transition.
“If you have family staying here, we want this shelter in Laurel to feel like a home,” Erin defined to Us. “Even if they’re here for a short time, it’s a difficult time that brought them here. So we thought it would be great if we could help by making the spaces feel more like a house, less like a dorm, less like a shelter.”
She added that it was surprising to find out how obligatory the native department is of their hometown. “We had just had no idea how many people our Laurel Salvation Army feeds every year. It’s unbelievable,” Erin added. “So we wanted to help, and this is the best way we know how. We’re not necessarily leading the charge. We’re here to help with anything they need. We’re painting rooms. We’re gonna build a little coffee bar in the dining hall. It’s just little things to make it feel a little more like home.”
Ben echoed his spouse’s sentiment: “Nobody sets out and says, ‘You know what? We’re gonna end up at the Salvation Army shelter.’ That’s not anybody’s life plan, and so, if we can do anything to help ’em make it a little more homey and a little more friendly, we wanna do that.”
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
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