mommy guilt

8:06 Sunday
The Breakfast Table
Now being served: Cornmeal Buttermilk Pancakes

Me: 'Xander & Ayla, what would you think if mommy went back to school to learn how to be a nurse?'
Xander: 'Nooooo'
Ayla: 'Noooooo' (she has completely mastered this word and it's meaning, by the way. Very, very well!)
Me: 'Why not?'
Xander: 'Because I like you here in my house. I don't want you to be a nurse, I want you to be here with me.'
Ayla: 'Noooooo'
Dan: But mommy would be right here on campus. She'd be very close.
Xander: 'No, no nurse. Can I play with my trains now?'

mommy guilt in a nutshell....