Recordables

Owen:  Mom, what is nocturnal again?
Me:  An animal is nocturnal if it's awake all night and then sleeps all day.
Owen:  Oh yeah.  I want to try being nocturnal. 
Me:  Well, now isn't a great time for that.  Maybe you could try it later.  Maybe when you go to college!
Owen:  But Mohhh-ohm, if I'm nocturnal at college, I'll miss college!  I think I should wait until I'm a grownup.  Grownups are all done with going to school so I could try it then.  Yeah, I'll be nocturnal when I'm a grownup.

Have I mentioned that the boy now *lounges* in bed in the morning?  I never, ever, ever thought that would happen.  Yes, he even hears us get up, and sometimes stays in bed and we peek at him on the monitor and see him just laying there thinking about things, apparently.  Then, he comes out a half hour later.  If we go in, he'll say, "I just want to sleep some more."  Umm, seriously???!

The other day I popped in a DVD titled Little Red Riding Hood and other Wolf Stories (or something similar).  As soon as it started, I heard Asher yelling, "Else! Else!"  [Something else, something else!].  They've apparently seen it and remembered not liking it.  The Owen runs in screaming in his very excitable Owen way and almost in tears exclaims to me, "Mom!  Your children don't like that scary movie!  Please turn it off.  Your children don't like it AT ALL."