"Almost" teen communication skills

Just a random thought... How come my almost teenage boy can only respond to me in jokes and grunts? Jokes if he's happy and grunts if he's not... Have we lost the abilty to communicate in a normal fashion??? Am I not a communication "expert"? What does it say about me when my children have abnormal communcation skills? When I ask a question and he responds with "Beans!" do I interpret that as positive or negative? just wondering

Do you have the same Tooth Fairy we have???

Our Tooth Fairy is a little Flaky!!!

She tends to forget a lot - and then she comes at weird times, or leaves the money in weird places. Unfortunately it sometimes makes for very distressed little girls in the morning. She always seems to make it right eventually, but sheesh!! What a Flake! Do you have the same Tooth Fairy we have???

Visiting a friend...

I am always full of good intentions. I have a good friend that for weeks, if not months we've been doing the "we should get together and visit thing..." I've missed talking with her and just finding out how she's doing. Last night my oldest was headed to her house ( to see her husband) and I just invited myself along. We spent almost two hours just hanging out and chatting and I probably kept her from everything she had to do, but I am SOO glad that I just went with my instinct (or listened to the spirit) and followed through. Something I definitely need to do more often.