It's cold outside!

At 7:15 am, the Entertainer headed outside, and then ran right back in. "Mommy!!!!!!!!!! It's COLD outside, that means I can go play!" The Captain and the Adventurer grabbed their shoes and ran right after him, jumping up and down with excitement.

I run around the house opening every single window so we could finally let some fresh air in, my skin prickling with joy that it's not beading with sweat for the first time since the end of April.

When I go outside to tell them it was time for school, the Captain tells me, "mommy, you weren't alive 40 years ago."

"Nope. I wasn't."

"Well that was the last time it snowed in Florida. I am so excited!" He blows into his hands to keep his fingers from getting chilly.

He is still rubbing them together when we get into the van, and I giggle when I see that the temperature reading is a bone-chilling 70 degrees.

I think they've acclimated.

The Three-Year-Old Mind

As I drove the kids to school this morning, I turned on the radio. Now, as my kids get to be better listeners, they have been hearing what people are singing, so I've had to become very careful about what we are listening to.

When Jason Marz's I'm Yours came on, I figured I was safe. And I was, until about half way through the song when he belts out, "open up your plans and damn your free," and the Entertainer starts giggling in the back seat.

Oh great, now we are going to have to take on the d-word, I'm thinking to myself.

"Hey mommy, guess what the man said!" His little 3-year old voice chirps from the backseat. "He said 'open up your pants.' Ha ha. That's funny."

And suddenly I'm lost in the world of how-far-should-I-explain-this...