Last night Cole fell asleep around 10:30 or so, and I headed upstairs to sleep myself. Cory wasn't ready for bed yet, and Accalia wasn't either thanks to a late nap, but she came upstairs and laid in bed with me and talked a bit. Cole was lying between us, and she started rubbing his head.

Accalia: I like Cole. I like his little head. He has sharp teeth! (she's finally noticed the two teeth that have erupted over the past couple weeks)

Then we started talking about Blue's Clues and the Green Puppy character. It's so nice to be able to talk with your kids about what they're interested in and actually take them seriously and be interested in it yourself. It really irritates me to hear adults speaking to children in such condescending tones. I often wonder when people who don't treat children as actual "real" people decide that the children are old enough now to be "one of them". I do think there are people who don't intentionally try to treat children like that - perhaps they just don't know how to interact with children.

Just rambling, I guess. It really made me feel good last night to know I can enjoy my children as people even when they're young, rather than waiting until they're 18 and ready to leave the house when I realize how much I missed out on.