Kids are so funny!

I get ready early each weekday morning usually by myself in silence (as near as I can muster) in the bathroom.

So my 5-year-old, Ben, comes in today about 10 minutes before I have to leave to use the toilet. As he is going, very groggily he says, "I didn't get any sleep last night," just as grown up as you could imagine.

I smiled, but tried to keep the humor I saw in the situation out of my voice. "I'm sorry. Why didn't you get any sleep?"

In his most serious deadpan he says, "Because I didn't have my pillow pet." I consoled him the best I could and left the house with a big smile on my face.

I usually don't get cool interactions with the kids like that. I often come home to a wife and children that are either sick of being cooped up in the house (hasn't this seemed like the longest winter ever?) or they are just sick of each other.

I hope you all have a brighter day!