I had an English professor who had to tell us allll about how she had to "combat" her in-laws' attempts to masculize (is that even a word?) her four-year-old son by giving him a Tonka truck for his birthday. My professor bought a baby doll for him and tried to get him to pick which one he wanted. Yeah, he picked the truck.
And congrats to your goddaughters' family! I'm sure they're all excited! For a while in my family, it was just me and my sister until my brother was born and I was sooo happy that I was finally going to get my "big" brother (I'm the oldest, but I've always wanted an older brother - but he's taller than me now, so I guess it works ^_^).
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Date: 2010-05-28 04:23 am (UTC)And congrats to your goddaughters' family! I'm sure they're all excited! For a while in my family, it was just me and my sister until my brother was born and I was sooo happy that I was finally going to get my "big" brother (I'm the oldest, but I've always wanted an older brother - but he's taller than me now, so I guess it works ^_^).