When I picked the little man up from the bus stop yesterday we engaged in the usual “how was your day” discussion, which, with him, is like pulling teeth…of the non-loose variety. In general he quietly says “fine” and when pressed for details he responds with “I don’t know.” But sometimes he’ll offer up gems on his own, at random. For instance, we’d been driving in silence and had nearly reached our destination when he chimed in, telling me of a classmate who had been pretending he was a toy. And the other children had to try to find his off switch [moment of concern] which, thankfully, was located on his back. So I asked if we should pretend to be toys when we got home. This gave him pause. After a moment of silence he replied, in a very serious tone of voice, “no. Let’s just be real.” Good advice.