Cork: There are too many girls in this house. We need some boys. Maggie, do you want a brother? Maggie: What kind of brother? Cork: um? A baby brother. Maggie: NO! They are boring! Hannah: Yeah! Babies take too long to get big and mommies and daddies don’t pay any attention to their big kids. me: Huh. Tell us how you really feel.
when the girls were less articulate |

I'm so there. I just can't decide. I never imagined only have one, but I'm kind of done and kind of not. In my heart I'm not really done, but there is a certain amount of fear involved and I'm not getting any younger. Ugh. Can't someone just give me a two year old?
ReplyDeleteExactly. I finally figured out what Maggie meant (like the next day I figured it out) when she said, “what kind of brother?” I think she was hoping we could have her (second?) cousin Matthew (who is 10) who stayed with us for Christmas. The girls had so much fun playing with him. And once I realized it I was like, oh yeah. That would be nice. If we could just have Matthew. I wonder if Cork’s cousin Marie would give him to us? She seems reasonable. I think she’ll understand :)
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