Asked with a note of concern

From the back seat the other day:

Mommy, when I marry Natalie, will you still be in my family?

It's kind of profound, no?

So I'm making dinner the other night, Simon's on the computer, plugging things into Wikipedia (list of shapes, list of gems, etc.). I come in to check on him and he's opened google and typed:

What is in a vacuum?

Now, I know he meant the kind that cleans the floors...but isn't that kind of profound if you think about it? :)

his favorite part of this costume: the grommets

Halloween 2007: the golden key

Sign O' The Times

so we're dancing around this evening to some Bowling For Soup, specifically the (awesome) song "1985." I'm singing the lyrics and Simon is on air guitar.
The chorus comes on:

...And there was Springsteen, Madonna,
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV...

and Simon goes "hey! it's not 'U2'--it's YouTube!"

seriously!? how does he even know about YouTube??

Good deal on tires

Simon was looking through a newspaper add today for tires. He seemed interested in a deal for four tires for $596. Then he looked up and said, matter-of-factly: "I like 20-inch tires."