When I was tucking the kids into bed, I had something to talk to Quianna about so I stayed in her room for a couple minutes more than Elijah's. When I was leaving, he called me in to ask the "Why do you get a long better with her than me" questions. I tried to explain that I had to talk to Quianna privately so I stayed in her room for a couple minutes longer... he then said, you and I never talk... it gets really frustrating when he gets like this. I told him that it hurts me that he doesn't think about all the time we spend together - especially all the time that we spent last week with each other.
We kept at this for a few minutes and then he asked, "do we have a good relationship?" I told him yes! I told him we were all different and so it was different. I tucked him in again and then headed down stairs. Then I thought, he and I watch tv together while cuddling, Quianna and I don't do that, I should bring that up to him. So I went back upstairs and I talked to him about those things. I had mentioned that Quianna and I don't do that together, but what we do is talk - because we are girls and we talk. I tried explaining that his relationship with Brian is different from his relationship with me because they are both boys. Then it clicked, I asked him if he has ever heard the phrase "comparing apples and oranges". He hadn't so I explained it to him for a bit and we talked about how you can't compare them with each other because they are so different! But that doesn't mean one is better than the other (he then confessed that he likes oranges better than apples) at least in God's eyes. So then I said, "our relationship is like apples, and Quianna's and mine are like oranges! They are so different, but that doesn't mean one is better than the other!" He then tried to figure out what to call me since I am an apple and an orange, he figured it out...
I'm an Ornple!
