Friday afternoon:

Me: “Come on Gage, we need to get ready to go to your wish party.”

Gage: “I don’t want to go. I don’t even know them.”

Me: “Us either, but they are helping us go to New York and they want to meet you and remember they are doing a scavenger hunt for you.”

Gage: “Okay. It better be fun.”

Me, thinking: “You ungrateful….”

Later, at dinner out:

Me: “Quinn, I have to say, you were a very nice sister today at the party. There aren’t many sisters that would be excited for their brother to get the party and all the presents. I’m really proud of you. You weren’t even jealous!”

Quinn: “Well….I was a little bit jealous.”

Later, on the way home:

“Quinn, I can’t wait until you get your wish.”

(me, whispering to Julian: “Did you hear that? That was actually nice.”)

Julian: “Gage, that was really nice of you.”

Gage: “I know. You can believe me.”

Later:

Me: “Gage, why don’t you give me your gift card they gave you so we don’t lose it.”

Gage, handing it to me: “Don’t spend it.”

Later:

Me: “Gage, I didn’t know they gave you a Ben10 DS game!”

Gage: “Hee, I know, they did that because there wasn’t any other Indiana Jones stuff left at the store.”

Later:

Gage: “I can’t believe they even make this much Indiana Jones stuff! And it’s all mine!”