Jesse Tyler Ferguson, husband Justin Mikita are ‘overbearing’ parents

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Aware that he and her husband, Justin Mikitacan be “dominant” parents to their two sons Beckett, 4, and Sullivan, 2.

“I love See the early connection of Beckett and Sullivan And seeing them play together, and also seeing them like, develop collective opinions about Justin and I,” Ferguson, 49, exclusively shared. Us Weekly while promoting his partnership with dipped. “You know, we’re a little bossy sometimes, and we want to hug them and snuggle them.”

He added, “Collectively, they’re both like, ‘Okay, enough, back off and together we decide you’re a little overwhelming.’ I love that they’re already, like, drawing a line in the sand together on us. It’s really sweet. I love that they’ll have each other throughout their lives.”

the Modern family Alum and Mikita, 39, welcomed them Beckett and Sullivan through surrogates in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Ferguson, in particular, is glad his two sons have each other to lean on.

“I love my brothers,” said Ferguson, who has a brother and a sister us. “It’s so great to have people around my age who can, like, vent about my crazy parents with me. It’s just so important.”

Beckett and Sullivan’s early relationship also influenced the way the family of four was formed celebrating the holidays.

“We’re kind of figuring it out as we go along. I like the idea that they have their own little Christmas tree to decorate,” Ferguson said. “We’re going to put the tree in their playroom this year so in case it’s a really ugly tree, we can just close the door. I’m all about aesthetics.”

He added, “They are decorating their tree. It will be in their little space.”

Beckett is also very excited for the imminent arrival of Santa Claus.

“Beckett really likes Santa. In fact, we had a Christmas party last year, and Santa did come to visit and Beckett was incredibly excited about Santa being in his house and wanted to show Santa his playroom, wanted to show Santa his bedroom,” Ferguson recalled. us. “I was scared of Santa when I was a kid, like, I didn’t want to sit on the stranger’s lap. Beckett just hugged Santa. Sullivan, I’m not so sure yet (if) he’ll be… you know, he didn’t even like us in Lil’ costumes All Saints. We’re out with our Halloween costumes this year, and he’s like, ‘Take them off,’ so we’ll see how Santa goes.”

Beckett and Sullivan also have very different nutritional palettes, so Ferguson—Ferguson-Mikita’s executive chef—turns to Tubla smart oven Cook meals that everyone enjoys.

“I’m very busy now that I have two kids; I have this podcast (‘Dinner on Me’),” he said. “Sometimes, I have to make meals for my family (and) I have to do something easy. I like that it makes dinner time, you know, a time that I don’t have to stress about.”

He added, “I don’t like just throwing a microwave meal. … It can be healthy or it can be a little naughty, like, their desserts are also delicious. So I like that. It kind of gives me the options to eat healthy whenever I want And eat a little more luxuriously what I want, and it also tastes amazing.”

With reporting by Amanda Williams