Leave it to my boys....

My kids love to play with phones. They have since they were little. No fake phone or old cell phone will suffice. They love to talk on the phone. Recently Zoe discovered the redial button. She pushes it knowing it will call someone, who, she doesn't know, but she knows she'll get a live person to talk to on the other line. I let them play with the phones. I choose my battles, this is not one of them. I can't tell you how many times I have been asked, "What if they call 911?" Oh, what are the chances I say, that they dial 911 in the correct order. Mark my words. The other day the boys are playing with both phones. Several minutes later I get a call, I answer, it is the Police Department. Do I need help, they ask, "your children keep calling 911," and yes she is a little perturbed. I'm sure her children are not allowed to play with real phones. A few days later they are playing with old cell phones that we have kept the plugs to, so they actually dial and make sounds (the closest we've come to satisfying them with a "fake" phone), but there is no service. Well, you know the little message that says Emergency Calls Only. It's serious. I hear Eli talking to someone and I think he is just pretending, cute. But then he hands it to me, saying, "it's your friend Mom". What? Oh yes, it's 911 again, luckily a different emergency call department. So I had to make this collage of a few recent pictures of my boys, just to remind myself how adorable they are and how in love with them I am.