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I caught her up around the waist and carried her into the tent.
She was right.
It was empty.
And like the seasoned parents we were, it only took us five minutes to make use of the emptiness.
When we were done, we went outside to find all of the sisters with our kids, lavishing them with attention.
All of them had enough candy to last them an entire year and big enough stuffed animals that they’d have to ride in a separate car on the way home.
“Momma!” our youngest daughter cried. “Look!”
We both looked.
It was a fish in a bag.
“Fuck,” Folsom sighed.
“Yeah,” I grumbled.
“Fish suck,” she said.
They did and they didn’t.
We got one every year.
And every year, they died within weeks and we had to replace them.
We currently had a pond full of circus goldfish or replacement circus goldfish.
One that I had to maintain, or they all got cranky.
“What’s one more?” I sighed.
“That’s what you said about our last child,” she pointed out.
True.
Which was why she was now pregnant with number five.
“I never said I was a certified genius like you.” I paused. “More like certifiably insane.”
She snorted.
Then leaned her head against my shoulder. “I love our life, Kobesama.”
My heart warmed just like it always did when she called me that. “I love it, too, baby.”
