Ten dollars and 8 cents....

This is the price quoted by Kayla that she would like to sell her brother for!
Yes, you heard that right...one cute 20 month old boy for $10.08. He even sleeps through the night!

So, things have been rough at times between Kayla and Devon. They just have not descovered a happy way to interact and play. Kayla is constantly frusterated by him, and Devon always wants to do exactly what Sissy does.

So the other night Kayla tells me "maybe we can sell Devon"

"sell your brother" I ask

"do you think anyone would buy him" she replied.

Part of me is trying not to laugh, and the other part of me feels really sad.

She decided $10.08 would be a fair price, and when asked what she would want to do with this money, she decided she would like to buy a new blanket. Seems like a fair trade I guess.

Things got really interesting when Devon picked up "kitty" (his favorite animal). Kayla asked "is he going to take kitty with him when he goes?" I said "wouldn't that be nice...since he wont have me, you, or papa anymore?"

Tears burst out of her eyes.... "finally" she realizes how much she would miss Devon!
Guess again....these are tears of sadness that kitty is going. WOW!!

We continued this conversation for a few more minutes until I explained that Devon is always going to be her brother and we are all going to stay together. We talked about ways to have fun together and about past memories.

She laid down for bed, and gave Devon a kiss.

It wasn't over....the next day she starts thinking and asks if we can "trade her brother".
"Trade him?" I said. She wants to trade him for Cora (the little girl that I nanny for) She wants to know if Cora's family would like Devon. We talked about how much they would miss Cora and how we would miss Devon.

*sigh*