Let me remind us all that MacKenzie is not yet five.

I answered the phone tonight and heard, "Hello. This is Nicolas. Is MacKenzie there?"

I handed the phone over.

For the next 8 minutes and 8 seconds (yes, I timed it) I heard things like, "you did? that's cool....oh, yeah...that's cool...so, you're camping? are you, like, packing up now?" Cindy and I looked at each other with angst and confusion.

We were eating dinner. Kenzie brought the phone to the table, held it in her left hand, elbow resting on the table, while she poked at her food with the fork in her right hand. At one point in her conversation we heard, "oh, Nicolas?" Then, it was Mason who then chimed in, in a silly teasing tone, "NICOlas, NICOlas" over and over. It made us all giggle, especially Lane and Cheyenne who have been staying with us for a few days.

At the end of their conversation Nicolas' mom asked to speak with me. She explained that she had left Nico and his dad home alone. They started watching "Pimp My Ride" (on MTV) and Nico decided he needed to tell Kenzie all about it. She came home and agreed if he could dial all by himself, which he did. Not sure that's a milestone I'm happy he reached.