The Storm After The Quiet

I spent five days alone at home without the boys, and it was divine!  The silence was deafening, the house was unnaturally clean, and I didn't need to multitask once.   But after this much needed break from the kids I also felt almost a physical need to squeeze their faces and kiss their silly heads -- and they obliged, for immediately upon return, both boys climbed all over me and told me about all the adventures they had at the Grandparents'.  

Johnny: The sun will eventually explode, and Earth will explode, and everyone will die.

Julian: I am half-Chinese.

Okay....