the big difference between boys and girls

Malachy: Uuuk, Mammy!! (Translation: “Look, Mammy”).

He holds up a little toy figurine to show me. It’s a figurine of a little girl with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a sunhat and a swimsuit and holding a bucket in one hand and a spade in the other.

Me: Yes, Malachy. Is that your little friend?

Malachy: Yep.

Me: She’s lovely!

Malachy: May-de isa durl (Translation: “Maybe it’s a girl”)

Liam: (Butting in) Of course it’s a girl! This is the boy!

Liam shows me a similar little figurine of a boy with short blonde hair wearing football gear and holding a ball.

Me: But how do you know which one's the boy and which one's the girl?

Liam: You know that Mammy!! (looking up to the heavens and sighing in exasperation). Because of the EYES!! Look?!

Pointing to the tiny little eyelashes on the girl doll and the lack of eyelashes on the boy doll

Liam: See?!

Malachy: Yep.