Easter Bunny

Balance Of Power

As you have no doubt heard by now, the balance of power is about to shift in our house. As it stands now, we are sitting on a precarious, razor-thin line of equilibrium with three on each side. The players are:

Boys: Me, Zach, Jake

Girls: HB, Maddie, Coco

As you can see, evenly matched.

But with yesterday's news, the girls will soon take control of the Wild Senate. Zach and Jake and I will be relegated to scrounging for votes to support man-related programs. Bathroom and closet territory will be lost. Television channels will be changed to girly shows with flowers and hats and never will a Dinosaur or Jedi Knight traipse across our screen again. Think about it: three measly Y chromosomes in the whole place. The X's have it.

You might take this to mean I am unhappy about the news that we are having a girl. You would be wrong.

I am overjoyed. I will love her as much as I ever could love anyone. I will carry her on my back and tickle her and teach her how to play guitar one day. I will help her with math homework and take ten thousand pictures of her. I will push her on the swing and kiss her boo boos. I will take her to the zoo and show her what a lion sounds like. I will teach her the right way to eat an ice cream cone. I will read to her about green eggs and ham and bunnies and princesses and frogs.

And I will kiss her on her little fuzzy head and tell her I love her every day. I will give her everything that is within my power to give her.

Except my remote control. I am a guy, and I need that. :)