The Bartin Family

I watched Kat’s two oldest kids yesterday afternoon while she and her Ben went to one of those free lunches where they try to sell you something. It was really fun for me, because they entertained each other and Liam, so I pretty much had the afternoon off.

Maggie is 3 ½ going on 25, so we had some great conversations about shoes, hairstyles, and her future. My favorite thing she said was that when she grew up, she was going to be a mom. I asked her how many kids she was going to have, and she answered, “I’ll have a baby named Martin; he’ll have an older sister named Lartin and a brother named Artin; and I’ll have a husband named Cartin.”

What a dream. I can’t wait until she meets that Cartin fellow and convinces him to marry her and write a poem out of their children’s names.