Nathan's new word...

Nathanael, our quiet and observant child in the bunch...is developing his personality. We aren't sure where he got his new word from, but we do know that he is now using it as a formal part of his vocabulary.

Nathan has added a new word to his vocabulary... "actually."

I was cutting potatoes the other day to go with our dinner. Nathanael got so excited about it. "Look, apples." I told him, "No, they're potatoes." The conversation continued:

"No, Mommy, actually they're apples." Nathan was quite insistent.
"No, Nathan, they are actually potatoes."
"Actually," he said with a devious smile, "they're apples."

This went on for quite some time. Until finally he got bored and walked off to sit on, or I mean sit with the dog.