Morgan paused while in the process of shoving more cereal in his mouth to stare at Chloe as she yelled and pointed her finger at him. He was surprised at the sudden loudness of her voice, but she looked and sounded so funny like that, that he began laughing. And he laughed some more when she sat down and laughed too. This was fun!

Oh, more cereal! Morgan sat up and clapped his hands with delight as big sister dumped more cereal on the floor. With a big grin, he reached for more, looking up only when he heard Mommy's voice.

He stared at her a minute with big eyes, then scrambled to his feet and toddled over to her. Morgan tugged on her pants leg, then reached his arms to her. He wanted up!

Ethan was dead tired. He had had such a long day at work the day before that he wasn't in any type of hurry to get up and out of bed. He didn't really hear any kind of commotion either. It was just one of those noises that tends to incorporate itself into one's dream and he didn't pay much attention to it anyway. So when his wife nudged him with her foot, he simply turned over. He'd get up soon enough. It was the weekend.