On June 16th my friend Batsheva came to visit from Cleveland with her baby. She was in Boro Park and spent the afternoon with us.
As soon as Zusha saw the baby, he was all over her. He wanted to hold her, commented on her blue eyes (gray, really, but blue enough for Zusha) and insisted on bringing her to his room to show her all the toys. Both boys were bringing toy after toy to the baby (Chevy).
When I carried Chevy through my bedroom once, Zusha got all excited because he thought that I will be putting her to sleep there.
When Batsheva was leaving, we all went outside to see her off. Zusha got a little apprehensive that she was taking the baby with her. I didn't understand really why, until we were going back upstairs and Zusha asked, "It's Mama's friend's baby? Not our baby?"
Poor Zusha thought that this was his promised baby!
I gently explained to him that no, it's not ours. Our baby will come on Sukkos and will be much smaller than this one.
But Zusha had one request, "Will our baby also have a purple shirt?"
A few days later he told me he wants our baby to be a girl. With earrings. :)
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