Secret orange lover

Quinlan likes pink. Drew likes orange. And Margot, in true 3rd child fashion, likes whatever is leftover.

Usually, it's purple. Or green. Sometimes yellow, though that's what Drew takes if there's no orange.

Somehow, we sort of landed on purple and made it her color.

The bowls. Cups. Spoons. The toothbrush. We even promised her a purple booster seat since we got Drew an orange one.

And she's quite happy with purple as her color. 

Then a few days ago, while the two older kids were off with a neighbor friend, we were getting ready for dinner. Just the three of us - Margot, me, and the baby - and I asked her what bowl she wanted. 

I offered her purple which she took. And then told me to put aside the orange for "bro-bro."

"But he's not here," I said. Then I offered it to her. "Do you want the orange bowl and maybe not the purple?"

She refused. But something about her made me ask again.

"Are you sure? Bro isn't here, you know. You can take it."

And so she did. She snatched right from my hands. Along with the orange spoon and plate.

"I like oran-gee, Mommy" she said, smiling.

"But only when bro-bro not here."

God I love that girl.

Comments

[justin bieber supra shoes]

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[Rachel]

awwwwwwww I love that.
SO sweet.

[ugg slippers]

I tried it and it works - thanks a million!

[Sarah]

I'm wishing I'd met Margot earlier. I love my Duke to death (#2) but lately have thought a number 3 could have been doable tho I shut the door surgically when I had him. If mine hadn't been so close (14mos) and me "old-ish" (then 37) oooooh I'd be on #3. I should have done this a decade ago!!!

[Brenda]

Aw, how cute!

[julie @ Mommy Said What?]

I'm with Summer. I can't believe she's already a person. A walking, talking person who thinks and has opinions and favourite colours. Man, where does the time go?

[Summer]

So I don't think you've ever really written about her TALKING. And well she's like 2 right? So of course she does but gosh this just makes me go DAMN. I remember when you spoke of conceiving her! I know some have been here way longer, but I feel like I've been reading your forever!!! You kids are so stinking cute!

[J from Ireland]

Oh God, this makes me tear up for my own 3rd child who got so excited with new stuff because he always got hand me downs. Now its different because now he knows the words "thats not fair" and boy does he use them!!

[Julie @ The Mom Slant]

I have to admit I'm secretly pleased when Ollie requests the pink bowl or pink plate. It's easy to set aside the blue one or the green one or even the white one for the boy, without bothering to consider that he might actually dig one of those so-called girly colors.