Conversations with my 8 year old

Yesterday my 8 year old told me that he asked his friend if he would like to spend the night on Friday. The boy said,"Yea, we can hang out." My son said,"No, I am asking you to spend the night." The boy repeated that they could hang out. J finally said,"Why are y ou talking like that?" His buddy told him, "I am trying to sound cool because the new girl is listening." I am getting a look at the male species from a point of view I have never had before. It is quite entertaining and interesting and it starts young.

Christmas and New Year's Day

We had a great time celebrating Christmas with Mema, Brandy and her kids. We sure wish Pops could have come too but we got to talk to him on the phone. New Year's was fun too! We got together with some of our new neighbors and talked and laughed. Kam felt pretty big because the older girls got together at one house while the rest of were at another house. There are only about 15 houses in our neighborhood. At 12:15am baby K (who is now 2)decided to tell everyone to start dancing. She had all of the neighbors, men and women, dancing and if they stopped she would say, "'mon!!" In other words, "come on!" If any of you have been around baby K you know that she runs the show. She is very bossy and in most cases gets everyone to do as she says. I guess it pays to be cute.