Jack & the Vampires

Jack came to visit me today. He sat up in the hospital bed with me and we pulled over the table to do his school work together.

After we finished the homework, I asked which kids in his class were turning out to be his friends this year. He named a couple of boys and I asked, "How about the girls?"

He said, "Not so much on the girls, Mom. They don't look so good."

Now hopefully my friends who are the mothers of these girls won't take offense here. Over the summer, Jack seems to have developed a new awareness of girls and a preference for ones with "yellow hair". Don't worry - I am working on him...

Anyway, I said, "Honey, looks aren't the most importantthing, you know." Well, apparently I misunderstood because Jack went on to say, "Some of them are missing some teeth. They look like vampires to me."

This precious time with my oldest boy made my day. I am looking forward to laugh out loud moments like this with Bobby and Seamus.