The Conversation Went Something Like This...

Today I spent the day helping my Mom pack her & Dad's house as they are moving across the bayou in a few weeks.
I dropped off the girls at Daycare for the day and Alexander was going to spend the day with Mom & I.
However, Ann called & said that she & the boys were walking to the park and would I like to drop Alexander off to spend time with them. I found a stopping point in packing and drove to the little park up the road. Visited with Ann for a minute and went on back to sorting knick-knacks in Mom's computer room.
About an hour later, my phone rang and the caller i.d. said "Ann's Cell." When I answered, she said, "nothing's wrong, I just thought I'd call to tell you what the conversation was like on the walk home from the park."

And it went something like this:

Alexander: Andrew, you know what? I gotta stepdad.

Andrew: Uh oh, no you don't have a stepdad.

Caleb: (Giggling) Alexander, you are lying, you don't have a stepdad.

Alexander: Yes, I do. I gotta stepdad.

Nanny: Alexander, are you being truthful? I don't think you have a stepdad.

Alexander: (Grinning from ear-to-ear) Uh-huh, I did have a stepdad, but he died. He died.

Nanny: Alexander, you are telling a story. You know you don't have a stepdad.

Alexander: Nahhhhh, I'm just picking, I'm just picking.

Later that afternoon Nanny heard Landry walking through the house: I wish I had a stepdad....