Bert let me know today that she and Dale are having a girl. At bedtime, I realized I had not yet shared this info with Lilly and Dylan.
Me: Guess what Aunt Bert told me today?
Lilly: What?
Me: Aunt Bert is having a girl. So Brit is going to have a little sister.
Lilly: And we get to go to the hospital.
Me: Why?
Lilly: To meet the baby
Me: No, the only kids that can go to the hospital are the baby's brothers and sisters, so Brit can go to the hospital, but you and Dylan can't.
Dylan interjects: So Aunt Bert and Brittany are both having a baby?!
Me: NO. Brit is going to have a little sister, like you and Lilly have Harper as a little sister. Aunt Bert is the only one having a baby. She is having a girl.
Lilly: So we are going to their house.
Me: To meet the baby? (Lilly nods). Yes, you will have to go to their house. But it is going to be awhile before Aunt Bert has the baby. They just found out it is a girl. She isn't ready to be born yet. She will be born after it is summer, after we go camping and see fireworks.
Lilly, with eyes lit up: I like fireworks.
Dylan frowns: I'm scared of fireworks.
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30 minutes later, Lilly comes downstairs.
Lilly: I think Aunt Bert is going to name her baby Cinderella.
Me: I doubt that very much. Goodnight.
Lilly goes back to bed.
I filled Bert in on these exchanges and told her that is why I let her fill my kids in on the important stuff in her life. They aren't quite as goofy when she tells them.
