password

When you set up a library card, the default recommended password is the last 4 digits of your home phone number. That is what most of us use.  Calvin however, decided to change his password to a four letter word that starts with f and rhymes with truck and is not appropriate to write on my blog.

nicknames

We were at a friends house a few days ago and it was time to go, I said, "come on Lexey and Clare!" and Calvin shouted "yeah, come on SEXEY!"  The people who we were visiting thought that was just about the funniest thing they've ever heard. They are Calvin's new biggest fans.  We are so used to all the quirky things he does each day that it is just part of our life. To these darling friends, each day is a new adventure waiting to see what Calvin will say or do next!

Overall Calvin's behavior is much better than it has been in a few years so instead of huge breakdowns and fits we just get swearing and other more minor infractions. It is interesting having moved at this time where people just know Calvin as a funny boy instead of being terrified of him like all of our Poway friends have been.  A welcome change.

A father's wish

Spoken by the Cob, (Louis' father) in The Trumpet of the Swan by EB White

"Goodness! What are you getting at? Do you wish me to believe that I have a son who is defective in any way? Such a revelation would distress me greatly. I want everything to go smoothly in my family life so that I can glide gracefully and serenely, now in the prime of my life, without being haunted by worry or disappointment.  Fatherhood is quite a burden, at best. I do not want the added strain of having a defective child, a child that has something the matter with him."

This is why reading good books is so amazing. To put into elegant words some of the thoughts of your heart, which you do not have words to describe yourself.