Haydn should be on TV. Seriously, if I had connections he would be on stage or the big screen making some cash. The other day he came and asked if he could play the xbox. I said simply, "no". He looked at me with the saddest look on his face and stated, " I'm just a boy..... with boy needs!" He then covered his face and pretended to cry. I watched him for a minute and he suddenly took his hands away and asked incredulously, "Didn't you feel anything?" I felt like laughing, which is of course exactly what he was going for. I love that boy!

One night a week, each of my boys gets to stay up late and lay on my bed with me for a little bit of alone time. These have proven to be some of the most precious moments! We laugh, we talk, we relate. It is a safe place and time to share secrets and feelings and jokes. So tonight it was Cairan's turn. I mentioned to him that I had seen a picture of one of his friends and that he should write him a letter. He put on the appropriate pre-teen face, rolled his eyes with extreme disgust and said, "letters are so last century!" He promptly broke out into laughter. Not because he was laughing at what he said, oh no, he was laughing at me! What a punk!