a couple 4-year-olds' perspectives

Nothing like having a cousin sleepover to make the last week of summer extra fun! Ryan spent two nights with us earlier in the week because Marie and Evan had to go back to school on Tuesday, and he didn't. The kids entertained each other from sun up to sun down. The highlight of the visit may have been when I took the kids to our new-and-improved McDonalds for lunch, playtime, and ice cream yesterday: The boys had a very funny debate Tuesday night. It went a little something like this:
S: I am a big boy.
R: You are not a big boy, you are a little boy.
S: I am not a little boy, I am a big boy.
R: I am four-and-a-half. You are four. We are little boys.
S: I have lots of fours. I am a big boy.
R: No. You are a big boy when you are six. We are four. We are little boys.

It was so funny, because I understood where each one was coming from. Seth's the oldest. As we encourage more responsibility, we remind him that he is a big boy. Ryan has an older brother (who happens to be six), so his view of big is different. And they agreed to disagree, how big is that?