Tonight the boys asked about the word "retired." Actually, they asked what Grandpa's job is and that was the answer. Steph explained that when you work for many years and you get older, you get to (hopefully) stop working. Eddie said he can't wait for Mama to be retired.
This led to me telling them both that when she's retired they (again, hopefully) won't even be living with us. This blew their very-nearly-6-year-old minds. So we told them they could live with us as long as they want (crossing our fingers as we said it) but that they would probably want to start families of their own and make their own homes. Chas thinks that's a fine idea -- as long as he can move into the house next door. Then he elaborated that not only would he move next door, but he would build an addition that would be a hallway that connects to our front door. Later, it was decided a secret tunnel would be better.
Eddie asked if we'll live in this house forever. I told him we'd live here for a long time, but probably if they moved to California, we'd move there as well. This was hysterical to him -- he said he could just imagine getting on an airplane to go to California and his moms would have to get on the next airplane right behind it.
When the time comes, I shall remind them both that this all -- us living next door, with adjoining houses even, us stalking them if they move out of state -- seemed like a fine idea to them at one point. Their wives (or husbands) are just going to have to be understanding.
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