Wisdom from Garrett...

Garrett is a Social Bunny! He loves to play with the neighbor kids. Right now he really enjoys when the older neighbor boys are our playing baseball and let him join in. Paul and Kevin who are both 9 years old, play together everyday. The Dows adopted Paul and then found out they were pregnant. Bonus!

Last week I was sitting outside watching the kids, when Garrett came up to me and asked, "Mom, why is Paul brown, and Kevin and Mr. and Mrs. Dow peach?"

Okay, I wondered when Garrett was going to notice the difference. So I explained that Paul's brown Mom and Dad could take care of him but wanted him to have a good family, so they asked the Dows who are great parents to have Paul join their family. This is called adoption.

To which Garrett responded, "Oh, like when I adopt a Webkins or take a puppy home from the pet store?"

Me, "Ya, kinda like that."

Then Garrett just went on playing without asking more questions. I thought we were done with the conversation until that night when asked, "Where did the Dows go to get Paul? And do you think we can go there a get a brown boy too?"

Bless his little heart, all Garrett wants is a brother to play games with him, not that he doesn't love his sisters and play well with them too. Although Kendall can play rough and tumble, catching slugs, and pretend castles with dragons and bad guys, she draws the line with some sport Garrett tries to engage her in. She is completely afraid to play catch with the t-ball. Basketball is not her thing, yet. And Lego's sound fun, but they become boring after about 3 minutes.

After watching the differences in age and gender over the past few months, I think I was the most disappointed when the Ultrasound Tech., told Garrett that, "You're going to have another sister!" Garrett didn't seem disappointed. He just thought about it for a minute, then stated, "I guess that a good thing because we have a lot of Pet Shops and girl toys." He's such a logically little thinker like his father.

It wasn't until we were driving home from the Dr. that Garrett made this comment, "Mom, do you think we can put all the boy toys in one place in the house away from all the girl toys?" Oh, sweet Garrett, toy space is not going to be your biggest problem with three little sister, you need to start worrying about bathroom space.