{"id":1090,"date":"2012-04-19T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2012-05-01T18:29:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T22:29:37","slug":"the-two-million-dollar-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/the-two-million-dollar-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Million Dollar Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m always writing about some of the challenges that I’ve encountered to-date as a parent to\u00a0one kid; now imagine four! Last week, my husband, son and I all flew to Edmonton to visit my brother and his family. They had just welcomed home their 4th child\u00a0two weeks previously.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a> It also happened to fall on the Jewish holiday of Passover<\/a>\u00a0which made the dinners even that much more special. My brother’s kids are 6, 3.5, 1.5 and\u00a00.08 :). However stressful and chaotic their home might be, my brother and his wife don’t skip a beat. It’s as if they’ve done this four children thing their whole life. John and I wanted to help out while we were there so we took out Kyle, their dog\u00a0and\u00a0three oldest\u00a0kids for a walk to the park. As soon as we started walking, John\u00a0asked me:\u00a0“can you imagine\u00a0this was our family;\u00a0four kids and a dog?” And then it hit us – that’s my brother and his wife! And the realization couldn’t have been clearer an hour later when we were exhausted, tired, and defeated by our outing. To be fair, there was snow everywhere and the kids were ill-dressed for the weather; my niece left the house with her slippers on.\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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We have no idea how my brother and his wife seemed to make it all appear so easy. They were obviously just born to be parents;\u00a0while John and I learned how to be parents. Or perhaps, it’s the fact that my brother’s family is very lucky. They are after all the $2 million dollar family, they have 2 boys, and 2 girls. Exact birth order<\/a>\u00a0is: boy, girl, boy, girl. According to some research I did (Wiki answers), the term million\u00a0dollar family derives from the similar terms “rich man’s family” or “choix du roi”<\/div>\n
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One son–to inherit and rule the estate…no brothers are needed to work the fields or run the business (because you’re rich) so best deal is not to have second and third sons who will not receive a birthright and will skulk around, envious, making trouble
\nOne daughter–to marry a powerful ally’s son and spread your power and influence<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Now, I know this topic\u00a0is somewhat controversial. The most important thing is to have healthy babies; gender is secondary or of no preference to some. And\u00a0yes, I do agree that a healthy baby is way more important than gender and there’s no if’s or but’s about it.\u00a0 BUT…let’s be honest, we all secretly wish for one sex over another. I personally have this theory that I’m going to have all boys. I don’t know why, but it’s just what I think.\u00a0 My husband also\u00a0believes this and is\u00a0quite happy with it. \u00a0Even when John and I talk about our future child, we always say “he” or “Kyle’s brother”. I guess we both just have this feeling. Now, if that were to be true, I would love to have two more Kyle’s. He’s such an amazing child, I would even have 100 more (figuratively, not literally). Plus, I’m a bit of a tomboy, so I would fit in well with the boys. But, I’m also a bit of a girly girl. I love getting dressed up and doing girly things. I mean, my favourite part about watching sports\u00a0is checking out the talent \ud83d\ude09 Also, being a stay-at-home-mom<\/a>, Kyle has picked up on some of my more feminine habits.\u00a0 For example, he watches me put on face cream and mousse in my hair every morning, so he now wants to do the same whenever I do it.\u00a0 He also packs up a “bag” and\u00a0carries it whenever we go out.\u00a0 However, it’s filled with balls and cars.\u00a0 So if I were to have a (healthy) girl, I would be ecstatic as well.<\/div>\n
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At the end of the day, gender aside, I think\u00a0my brother’s family is\u00a0lucky because they’re all healthy, happy and loved*<\/div>\n
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Do you have a million or\u00a0two million $ family? Did you have a preference for your child(ren)’s gender?\u00a0 If so, did you “get” what you wanted?<\/div>\n
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* Since we’re very superstitious against the evil eye, I have to state the following after writing that sentence:\u00a0tfu, tfu, tfu, hamsa, hamsa, hamsa.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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