Caution: This post contains adult language.

We went to pick up Steph's car from the repair shop where we paid a few hundred bucks for a timing belt this afternoon. Of course, the guys had to use the bathroom, so the whole family traipsed in. The shop owner, a nice guy named Scott, gave the boys pens with racing helmets.

So on the way home, the boys are playing with their pens and chattering. I pay no attention to the content of their chatter until I hear Eddie say, quite sternly, "Stop saying that, Chas! Only grown-ups say that!" So as calmly as possible, I asked Chas what he said. "No-sing." Hmm. This must be really bad. Did he use the F word? Or one of its cousins, the S or D words? So I asked Eddie, figuring him to be a willing little snitch. "What did Chas say, Eddie?" Now comes the adult language part. Cover your ears (or, actually, your eyes) if you're sensitive to such things. "He said, 'Be careful,'" Eddie reported -- quite seriously.

And, I guess he's right. It is kind of a grown-up thing to say.