Dinner Table Conversations

I marvel at the discussions we have, you just can't ever predict where the talk will go...

Recently we somehow ended up talking about the idea of boys peeing while standing up. Yeah, real classy dinner conversation, right? Shelly didn't realize that boys had this um... option? Or do we call that a skill? I don't know. Anyway, she couldn't figure it out. Archer was trying to describe to her what a urinal is for, and when Shelly finally got the concept of boys STANDING UP, she covered her face and cried, "ewww!!" while Archer and I just laughed. It was such a strange idea to her that she couldn't even LOOK at us as we explained it to her.

Often one or both of the kids will get up from the table to demonstrate a game they played in gym or some motions that go along with a song they learned. As E gets older, he joins in his own way, pointing and laughing, moving his arms to imitate what his older brother and sister are doing.

Its fun to see Archer and Shelly connecting with each other, sharing their stories, and hearing the questions they ask. They often ask each other questions that would never cross my mind, but they show how they're relating to each other and working out what really happened earlier in the day. They're compassionate and constantly working to educate each other. Archer likes to correct his sister when she says something wrong and she often takes this in stride, as if its coming from Mom or Dad. She frequently says to me, "ARCHER said..." as if his word makes it true. She trusts in his wisdom. Let's hope he doesn't steer her wrong!