Now that Drew Scott’s youngsters are getting older, they now not confuse him for twin Jonathan Scott.
“At first, we expect [my daughter] simply thought this was, like, me [and] ‘Why did Dad shave?’” Drew, 46, completely instructed Us Weekly on Monday, November 11, whereas selling his and Jonathan’s new collection Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers. “She would have this look the place she’s like, ‘Yeah, [I’m] making an attempt to determine the place the beard went.’ However perhaps now she thinks it’s the mirror.”
Together with Piper, 5 months, Drew shares son Parker, 2, with spouse Linda Phan. The toddler additionally doesn’t get confused by his dad’s twin.
“Parker has recognized for a very long time that that is Uncle Jonathan, and the second he sees him, he runs over laughing and guffawing,” Drew recalled. “Jonathan doesn’t need to do something, simply laughs and giggles.”
Jonathan, 46, “simply loves” his bond with Parker.
“Even when I’m sitting at breakfast with him, Parker sits throughout the desk each minute or two,” Jonathan mentioned. “He’ll simply randomly say via the entire breakfast, ‘Hello, Uncle Jonathan.’ Dude’s my man [and we’re] on the identical wavelength. I set to work that relationship with my niece.”
Drew also can see his son’s particular bond along with his uncle.
“He’s the magician. He’s actually good with magic,” Drew added. “However to Parker, I’m a tremendous magician proper now. He thinks I’m superior, however I can’t impress your youngsters the identical method; they’ll name me out as a faux.”
Jonathan is a stepfather determine to his fiancée, Zooey Deschanel’s two youngsters from a previous relationship. (Deschanel, 44, and ex-husband Jacob Pechenik share daughter Elsie Otter, 9, and son Charlie Wolf, 7.)
Whereas Parker is very near Jonathan, it took extra time for him to bond with Piper.
“It was a journey. At first, he was like, ‘Who’s stealing my highlight?’ After which he mentioned, it was nearly like he was a little bit afraid of her,” Drew recalled. “He thought she was going to leap out and chunk him or one thing, after which he began to get calm along with her. Then, he began doing this factor the place he was like, ‘Parker need to contact Piper.’ So we’re like, ‘OK,’ carry him shut. He’s like, ‘Oh. Then, he goes whack in her face and we’re like, ‘Don’t hit your sister!’”
Now, Parker is “so good” along with his child sibling.
“He’ll simply be enjoying and he’ll simply cease. He’ll run over to her, give her a hug and a kiss and say, ‘Love you, Piper,’ after which return to what he does,” Drew gushed.
Having two younger youngsters — or as Jonathan known as it, “child mind” — affected Drew whereas they filmed their new HGTV collection Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers.
“Our objective was to assist individuals love their dwelling,” Jonathan instructed Us. “Your own home ought to work exhausting so that you can make life simpler and also you see the uncooked aspect of individuals flipping out and dropping their minds, however you additionally see these stunning renovations in the long run.”
The final two episodes of the season even take Drew and Jonathan to their dad and mom’ home.
“They moved down from the Rocky Mountains at their dream dwelling up in Banff, Canada and so they liked it, however they need to be by the grandkids,” Drew mentioned. “And so coming down right here, we needed to get it proper. We discovered this century-old, Spanish-style dwelling in Santa Monica, utterly remodeled it to make it work for them.”
He teased, “Our dad’s 90 [years old] and we have to have a spot the place they might age in [peace] and make it secure for them and it was wonderful. However man, our mother had a protracted wishlist.”
Don’t Hate Your Home With the Property Brothers airs on HGTV Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi