There is beauty all around

When there is love at home.  However, there may not be much beauty in my home.  Just one example of a loving conversation that occurred recently....

Me talking on the phone while trying to get Sadie and Luke to bed.

Sadie is crying. 

Me: "What's wrong Sadie?"

Sadie: "Luke called me a jerk"

Me: "Luke, did you call your sister a jerk?"

Luke: "No, I didn't.  I was just singing a song."

Me continuing to try to talk on the phone.  I overhear Luke call Sadie a jerk. Sadie starts crying again.

Me: "Luke, quit calling Sadie a jerk. That is very naughty!"

Luke: "I am not calling her a jerk.  I am just singing a song.  (Looks at Sadie) 'You're a jerk. You're a jerk. You're a jerk' It is a song that Maddie sings all of the time to me."

My sister-in-law on the other end of the phone line is laughing because she hears this whole thing.  I am thrilled with his manipulative skills and his willingness to look danger in the eyes and laugh. He is truly a skilled boy who may not live to see his 5th birthday.