"How is your breakfast, sweetie?" Barbie asks her 7-year old daughter.
"Good." She speaks in a soft, low tone as she mixes her eggs around her plate.
"What's wrong?" Barbie asks her. She always can notice if her daughter is upset by her tone.
"Nothing, maybe I am just tired." She speaks with the same tone.
"Sweetie, I know you better than that. Please tell me what is bothering you." She asks again cooking her husband's breakfast.
"I have a dilemma, mommy." She admits knowing her mother won't stop until she reveals her problem.
Barbie stops her cooking to pay attention to her daughter. "You have a dilemma at your age." Her daughter nods as Barbie smiles not trying to laugh. "You are not supposed to have them yet." She expresses on what could bother their little sweetheart.
"Well, I do mommy. It is an important one, very important." She expresses seriously.
This intrigues her even more, so she turns off the stove to walk to her daughter. "What is it, hunny?" She sits down beside her to give her, her attention.
"It may be a petty one, but I am serious." She clarifies as Barbie nods to let her know she understands her seriousness. "Daddy's birthday and your anniversary are coming up." This makes Barbie smile because her daughter always wants to give them the best gift. "I don't know what to get daddy for his birthday." She reveals her dilemma.
"You know he will love anything you make or give him." She assures her daughter knowing that loving him is a gift enough for him.
"I know, but I want to give something special more than just a greet or card."
Every year since she learned how to write and speak , she did something special for her parents.
"I have run out of ideas. I don't want to repeat myself." She sighs mixing her eggs around again.
"I think you are putting too much pressure on yourself." Barbie tries not to let the sweetness of her problem be evident in her tone or face.
"I want it to be special to prove I love him." Barbie's daughter reiterates.
"He knows." Barbie strokes her hair sensing she is getting upset.
"Can you help me, mommy?" She blinks her eyes to prevent watery eyes.
"This is really important, so I might have something up my sleeve. I was saving this for a different occasion, but you could use it." She smiles at her daughter.
"I don't want to take yours, mommy." She rejects the idea being an independent girl.
"Trust me this will be a great gift for your father." Barbie assures her daughter.
"I-"
"Nope, you will not reject the idea again." She stops her daughter's rejection.
Her daughter sighs knowing this will happen if she asked her, her problem. "No mommy, I will accept the idea."
"Good." She goes back to her cooking as her daughter starts to eat her eggs.
"Good morning, my wonderful family." JM greets with their baby boy in his arms.
"Good morning, baby boy." Barbie kisses her baby boy on the cheek.
JM waits for his to no avail. "Nothing for me just our baby boy." He questions as Barbie nods with a grin. "I see how it is. I have been replaced by our son. He is cuter than me isn't he." He asks in a sarcastic tone.
"Absolutely, we make the cutest babies." She compliments which earns a smile from her husband.
"Well, at least I can get a kiss from my baby girl, right?" JM looks towards his daughter.
"Absolutely." She smiles big. JM walks over to his daughter as she kisses her brother on the cheek. "There." She giggles "My baby brother is so cute."
"Wow." JM expresses. "Come on son, we will change your diaper." He makes up a reason to leave the room.
"Hun, don't be jealous." Barbie speaks. "We still love you."
"I am not jealous of our son because he is my mini me, isn't that right?" He tickles his son's stomach. Their son does the cutest giggle that they have ever heard. "See he believes me." JM holds his son tight for comfort.
Barbie rolls her eyes. "Come on, please eat your breakfast. I will hold and change our baby boy." She places his breakfast on the table.
Their son perks knowing it feeding time for him as well. He is always very excited for her bonding time with her mother.
"I guess that is the cue for me to hand him over to you." He smiles knowing their son's eager expression.
Barbie takes their baby boy in her arms to give him his breakfast. As long as she is occupied with her hands, JM pecks his wife's lips with no objections.
"Smooth daddy." Their daughter giggles over the sweetness.
"Those are just many moves of daddy." He speaks in a confident tone.
"Many moves that failed before." She adds.
"As long as it worked for you in the past, I am happy." He smiles.
"Why is that?" Barbie is curious.
"Those moves, along with trust and persistence, lend me to marrying you. I will not regret or change anything to change my moment now." He speaks to his wife blushing.
"Aww, daddy that was beautiful." Their daughter again is touched.
"You never knew, but your father is the king of sweet phrases. Back then, when I was upset, he would speak in a baby talk tone to cheer me up." She reveals. "It may not always work, but I appreciate the effort." Barbie continues to a smirk expression on her husband's face.
"Effort is better than nothing. Making any effort means you care and love them to be in your life, right?" Their daughter speaks her own words of wisdom.
"Correct, baby girl." JM is impressed on his daughter's phrase. "Now, who do you think you look after with those sweet phrases." He ponders. Barbie rolls her eyes as their daughter tries to keep a straight face.
"We are heading out of here for you son's breakfast." She announces. "Be good down here; both of you." She warns pecking JM's lips.
"You heard your mom no funny business." He jokingly warns his daughter.
"Oh daddy." She waves his warning off.
"Anything new for my pumpkin?" JM asks his daughter, changing the subject, as he cuts up his tosino.
She ponders a bit. "I am just figuring out your birthday gift and your anniversary gift." She answers in somewhat trying to figure out her own gift for her father.
"Ah, you want it different, special, and bigger than last years." He speaks knowing his daughter always wants them to feel special on those days.
"Absolutely, you two deserve nothing, but the best."
"Thank you, I will accept anything you are willing to present." JM already knows he is going to love it.
"I know you always will." She understands what her mother is saying now. Sometimes she worries about their reactions to her presents too much, but in the end, she comes to terms that they will love anything that comes from her. This happens every year for her.
"You just don't stress yourself out, you are too young for that. My baby girl should just play and have fun like a normal kid." He kisses her head.
"So, mommy's plans for her birthday are off." She jokes having always planning something for Barbie's birthday gift together.
"Nope never, out of all the people in this house, she deserves an extra special day just for her. We have a whole day plan for her, right?" he clarifies with his daughter.
"Absolutely, I have it all written down in my journal." She answers.
"Great, she will never expect it." JM grins knowing that his wife doesn't like surprises, but appreciates them.
"I am not so sure." Barbie interrupts as JM and their daughter fear that she overheard everything.
"What is that?" JM asks his wife jus tin case it something else.
"I am not so sure about our baby boy's clothes." JM and their daughter sighs in relief. "I think he is more stylish than the both of us." She examines their son's style.
"He is stylish because of the one dressing him. You, my dear wife, are the most stylish person we know." Their daughter nods in agreement. "You make us more stylish each day, so don't fuss over it okay." He pecks her cheek.
Barbie blushes again at her husband's compliment. "Thank you."
"Anytime you need cheering up, we are here, always." JM assures Barbie with another nod in agreement from their daughter.
"Thank you again, you two finish eating." She places their son on his high chair.
"We will if you join us." He pulls Barbie into his lap.
"Sounds perfect." She grabs a piece of tosino as they eat their breakfast as a family.
