▁magic ▁rules ▁( Alex , ▁most ▁often ▁being ▁the ▁case ), ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁to ▁pun ish ▁them . ▁He ▁wants ▁his ▁k ids ▁to ▁be ▁great ▁w iz ards , ▁but ▁also ▁wants ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁live ▁a ▁life ▁without ▁using ▁their ▁powers ▁since ▁they ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁future , ▁as ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁them ▁will ▁get ▁to ▁keep ▁his / her ▁powers ▁as ▁an ▁adult . ▁Jerry ▁has ▁an ▁younger ▁brother ▁named ▁Kel bo ▁( J eff ▁Gar lin ), ▁who ▁is ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁season ▁one ▁episode ▁" Alex ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ", ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁w izard ▁in ▁Jerry ' s ▁family ▁because ▁Jerry ▁had ▁to ▁give ▁him ▁the ▁powers ▁to ▁marry ▁Ther esa . ▁Jerry ' s ▁children ▁consider ▁Kel bo ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁fun ▁than ▁Jerry , ▁and ▁Alex ▁even ▁dec ides ▁to ▁have ▁Kel bo ▁be ▁her ▁magic ▁teacher , ▁and ▁is ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁ir respons ible ▁with ▁magic ▁( al most ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁Alex ▁is ▁sometimes ) ▁as ▁is ▁shown ▁when ▁Kel bo ▁fails ▁to ▁stop ▁a ▁package ▁of ▁sea ▁chim ps ▁that ▁sp outs ▁a ▁huge ▁g ush ▁of ▁water ▁eventually ▁flo oding ▁the ▁w izard ▁la ir ▁and ▁turning ▁Kel bo ▁and ▁Alex ▁into ▁sea ▁chim ps . ▁Jerry ▁ends ▁up ▁being ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁saves ▁them ▁both , ▁and ▁he ▁reve als ▁a ▁secret ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁kept ▁from ▁Alex , ▁Max ▁and ▁Justin : ▁that ▁he ▁gave ▁up ▁his ▁powers ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁marry