Yeah, it really is about the kids.

That.  Shouted from upstairs as soon as James came in the door from school today.  He knew were to find me, of course, I was in the office - in a meeting, but everyone heard me being called and I'd already warned them I was going to drop off the call as soon as the kids got home - but then he came in to show me the news of the day: When we talked about his plans for his tooth tonight he said he was going to put it under his pillow and the Tooth Fairy would give him two dollars. I think he's been comparing notes with his friends at school.

During our summer vacation, one of the throw-away ideas I had for us to do while in PEI was to go to Brackley and watch a movie at one of the few remaining Drive-Ins.  Seemed like something that'd be exciting for the boys and kind of nostalgic for me. Jumping tracks for a moment here, Daniel is settling in well at school.  He's pretty social, so after the first week of adjustment he's been generally enjoying his time there.  Though he does love being at home, I think he's really getting an itch scratched by the opportunities for dramatic play at school, where he can pretend to be a character from his books and act out the stories. Lately I've been having a difficult time telling, honestly, if he's getting to watch videos on Youtube of some of his favourite stories (like  this, maybe ) or if he's just thinking that reading books can also be something you watch movies of, since we have so many books at home that are based on movies (like our vast array of

James is learning the value of money. A bit. He's figured out if he's got his own money he can buy some things he wants that we aren't buying for him now.  That part, I'm sure, he had some help from Mama, but he's already put it to work when obtaining his spinner, so it's working out. Now he's found out, also from Mama, that he can earn money by helping out with the chores.  So last night he asked  to do the dishes.  And he asked for me to take a video of it. He also asked for me to show it to his teacher.  Mama might take care of that, too, when she's volunteering one of these days.  I just work the camera and conduct interviews.  :-)