Xander loves his big sister

So, on our long drive back from California, Venice had a meltdown. Xander listened to the whole power struggle between Venice and me. At one point, I was ignoring Venice as she was making comments that did not deserve a response. She was chanting, "I'm stupid". As I was silent, Xander replied, "Don't say that." and, "Venice, stop saying that." Then, Venice said, "No one in the whole world loves me." After a few seconds of silence, Xander said, "I do." Is he the best brother or what?

Princesses - No

"When I showed Venice and Casey the Easter egg dying kits...one was a Princess one...Venice took one look and said in a very teen age voice...I am over Princesses. I am not into them anymore. I nearly cracked up...I asked her what was she into? Fairies, Anima music, and contraptions....was her answer. She then said I could use the Princess one with Teiya, who she thot would enjoy it."
- Granny

Xander is Sounding it Out

Xander is doing an excellent job starting to read. He can sound out words like, "pig, big, bat, cat", etc. He is also starting to write a little bit. And he is a whiz at the computer already. Today, he came to me saying, "I can't find the 'I'." So I followed him and he showed me the computer. In the URL window, he had typed, "3baktad". He was trying to type our address which is on Blacktail Drive. So he needed the 'I' for the word drive. Wow.

Venice defines "Kitty Heaven"

One day, on the way home from school, Venice asked me, "Mom? Where is 'Kitty Heaven'?" I paused and then replied with, "Where do you think it is?" She thought for a minute and then answered, "I think it's right here on Earth. When a cat goes to "Kitty Heaven" it runs away and becomes a stray cat." Hm! "I like that!" I exclaimed! Indeed, a very creative answer.