He Can Spell But He Can’t Read

Sunday morning, when Kai got up, he asked me what the words on his pajamas said. He was wearing his Old Navy pajamas that have cool drawings of toy cars all over them. I told him the words said “Old Navy.” To which he responded, “no Daddy, look: O-L-D N-A-V-Y. It says ‘Hot Wheels’.”

And Kai has a girlfriend now: Emme. She’s the same age, and lives a couple blocks down the street from us. They like to go for rides in Emme’s wagon, and they have conversations like they’re 35 years old. They talk about the work their parents are doing on their houses, they compliment each others clothes, etc. I know Kai really likes her because he’s always on his best behavior around her, and he goes into total showoff mode. We’ll see what happens when they’re teenagers…