Apples and Trees

Mammaw and Granddad gave Thor a new laptop for his birthday. Since that day, he has taken it to bed with him, very pleased to have a laptop that looks more like Mama's and less like Lightning McQueen. I imagine that Daddy Diarist would have taken a laptop to bed with him when he was four. Like father, like son.

Last night he asked me to take pictures of him with the computer. Then he said, "I need one smiling." Then he said, "I need one typing." Then he said, "I need one--" And I interrupted him and said, "No, you need to go to sleep." And he laughed and laughed, and asked to sleep in my bed. I said no, and he laughed some more. Then, when he realized I wasn't kidding, he cried. It's tough being a Viking Lord. Granted, in the wee hours I was awakened by drool puddling in my elbow-pit, so he got what he wanted after all.