Banal

So David was watching on Cartoon Network. He announced to his Mom, "This show is banal and uninteresting." His vocabulary is extraordinary for a 13 year old. The more amusing side of it was the conversation between Grandpa, Grandma and Mom.

"BAY-nal" said Grandpa. Grandma said, "Beh NALL" and Mom said it differently. So then we had to look it up - Dictionary.com says all 3 pronounciations were correct.

Do you understand?

Mikey has difficulty understanding things, and he has a very deliberate idea about what he does and does not want to do. Recently, people at school, apparently, have been asking him, "Do you understand?" Mikey has started to respond to this - with "I don't want, 'Do you understand?'"

Haircut

The boys both have very thick hair and it grows very quickly. Grandpa started taking them (one at a time) to the barbershop. There is a woman there who works with them. Last time Mikey had a haircut, he was good with all the electric clippers - these used to be senory issues for both boys - but this time, when she got close to his ears, Mikey said, "Tickles!!" She had to finish with scissors this time - we'll see what happens next time.