Oh, to be 4....

Here is a glimpse of the world through the eyes of my four year olds. World Wars 1 and 2 are both levels in Super Mario Brothers. Mommy and Daddy got married at the "Awful Tower" in Vegas. If something blows up, it "desplodes". One piece of broccoli makes you stronger than Daddy. Plus signs, crosses, and Urgent Care signs are all referred to as the "Hawaii sign" because they look like the cross on the Maui Lifeguard t-shirts mommy brought back from vacation. Spiders are scary, but snakes are cool (how does that work?). If other kids are fun to play with, then they are considered cousins, regardless of whether or not they are related. Your list of bad words contains the words "shut up", "no", and " butt". Every time you pretend to fight with Papa, it's in Dragon Style, in which you yell "Dragon Style" at the top of your lungs before you attack.Whenever you run, you must "run like the wind". You have not yet discovered that the eighties song "Somebody's Watching Me" is a creepy song. To you it is simply a fun song that you feel you must sing...every time we get in the car. A hangnail is a legitimate excuse to get up at bedtime.You truly believe that Mom can't tell you apart from your twin brother, and feel it is your duty to occasionally test her by asking, "Which one am I, Mom?" And you realize that money comes in three forms: coins, paper money, and "swiping money".