This morning the boys jumped in bed with me while Mike was in the shower. They waited patiently until he came out of the bathroom to surprise him by pulling the covers down and saying "hi Dad". What a wonderful morning greeting.

Last night Mike was doing his normal review of the day with the boys. They get two punches on their punch card if they were really good, only one if they were mostly good and none if they were naughty. James sat down next to him and said, "Dad, you’re supposed to say, 'So how was your day, James?'"

We read The Story of the World to Jonathan most nights before bed. Last night he asked how many years a civilization lasts -deep thinker. A lot of the reading is about wars over religion so Mike said something like, "You know, they shouldn't kill people to make them be there religion, they should just say, 'Hey, do you want to come to church with me?'" Jonathan replied with, "But what if they say, 'No way, I don't belong to your (some funny name like l-cap)'." He explained that was his nickname for religion. Oh man, this kid has got one interesting personality.