Cute shit my brother says #1

So I decided yesterday while spending time at the pool watching Sammy swim, I now have a spot to document all the adorable things my brother says.

Situation 1: A few days ago, I came home and was talking to my mom about an upcoming wedding they were going to.  Recently I've been getting into wedding planning and I started looking at different styles of weddings.
I said "Yeah, so I saw these amazing wedding photos online that these ladies had, it was so pretty, I'll send them to you."
Sammy was sitting at the table doing his homework and he looked up and said "Girls got married?"
"Yeah Sammy, these two really pretty ladies got married, that happens a lot. Some people have two mommies or two daddies, not everyone has a daddy and a mommy."
"Like Larry's daddies? When Larry's mommy died he got two daddies."
Sammy has a friend named Larry who lives and town and has two dads.
"Yeah, like Larry's daddies."
"Oh okay"
That was it. He was so curious and cute and open and excepting of it.

Situation 2: Flash forward to yesterday at the pool, Sammy was taking of his shirt to go into the pool. He took it off and started spraying himself with sunscreen.
I looked at him and said "Sammy you've got man boobs."
Now Sammy is not skinny but not fat either. He just is. I was kidding with him as every older sibling does.
He stopped looked down his chest, smiled, looked at me and declared, "Yeah! It's cause I'm a man now!"
In that moment he was so proud and happy to be a man and it was hilarious and also amazing to see the confidence of a kid. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I do.
-Charlotte

This should've posted yesterday but...technology

There comes a time at the end of every summer that everyone and my mother dreads, back to school. Its not because she loves having me around that's for sure, its probably because she can't sleep until 9:00 every morning, not worry about homework, and not rush everywhere. Now as I write this while drinking coffee at my kitchen table I am sitting across from my 12 yr old little brother Sammy who tomorrow has his first day of 6th grade at a new school. I decide to interview him on the subject of his new school and this is how it went:

Me: Can I interview you? 

Sammy: Why?

Me: I'm writing a blog and I want to know about your new school 

Sammy: Ok 

Me: You saw your your classroom on Friday, what did you like about your classroom? 

Sammy: It has a reading closet. 

Me: Do you think your classroom is better than all all the other classrooms?

Sammy: Yes. 

Me: Is it because of the reading closet?

Sammy: Yes. 

Me: Can you tell me what part of the day your most excited about? 

Sammy: Recess 

You heard it here folks, Sammy's classroom is better than all of yours, because you can read in the closet. I wonder if the teachers ever get sick of a kid and lock them in the reading closet? 

Meanwhile, while Sammy is enjoying his closet I will be at my first day of junior year. I've been at this school for almost a full two years, but for some reason I'm nervous. Junior year has a reputation for being the hardest year out of all four. I am super excited as well though because my school is one of my favorite places on Earth. It is one of the most inclusive and helpful places. I can be completely quirky, awkward and weird and nobody cares. It's really great, to have such a safe place to go.