Being the older sibling can get to be a real pain sometimes. Try having to do most of the chores because your sister or brother is too young to do any work. Or try being woken up around 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning by your sister or brother because they want someone to play with them, while all you want to do is sleep.

Two older sisters, Savannah Hallal, age 14, and Monique Lynch, age 14, shared what being a big sister is really like for them.

"I wake up almost every morning on the weekends by my younger sister running into my bedroom and yelling, 'Get up!' My sister can get on my nerves sometimes. She's bossy, and she talks a lot. You would think she was the older one," said Savannah.

"There are those moments, though, when my sister and I just sit on the couch in the living room watching Sponge Bob and laughing. Yeah that's one of our special moments: when we both are happy, and getting along perfectly.

"Even though being the oldest is not always fun" Savannah admitted, "I still love my sister no matter what. And even though being the youngest isn't the greatest either, I know my sister loves me, because she tells me everyday."

" Unlike my friend Savannah, said Monique, "I can sleep as long as I want on the weekends, because my brother sleeps longer than I do."

"My brother seems to make it his duty to repeat everything I say, just to annoy me," she complained. "He plays football in my room and destroys my stuff, and the most irritating thing is that my room doesn't have a door, so it's not like I can lock him out. My brother and I bicker over the TV, but only when my oldest brother has his friends at our house, hogging the other TV."

On the other hand, she pointed out: "One special moment that my younger brother and I have, is when we play football together down on West End Primary's field. We both enjoy the game a lot ,so bonding comes a lot easier for us through sports. I love my little brother, and I know he loves me too."

A lot of older siblings go through this and worse almost everyday. When you hear or read about what they have to put up with, some of you may laugh and others may find it terrible, but when you ask them what the siblings think, they'll tell you: "There is no greater bond than the one we share with our sisters and brothers. Blood is thicker than water, and the bond is impossible to break."

Allanna is herself the eldest of three sisters, the youngest of whom is not yet a year old.