Snot Rolls

As I was putting Cody and Anna to bed, they began admiring some baby photos of Cody hanging on a board in their room. Anna pointed out his cute baby hair and I mentioned his adorable rounded cheeks. Cody then shared in an adoring voice as to what he found so sweet about his once babyfied face, “Oh, and look at my tiny snot rolls!” Uh…the reminiscing suddenly came to a screeching halt.

All I could think was “Really? You want to steal the moment by referring to the rolls on your cheeks right next to your button nose as snot rolls?? Really?” I figured it was the older boy coming out in him, you know, the kind that likes all things gross. He had been playing with his buddies in the neighborhood today, so I figured it was something he picked up from them. I asked him which friend says that, and he assured me that he never heard any of his friends say this word…. So glad my boy came up with that one on his own…proud moment, folks! He looked on, though, so sweetly at his picture that I could tell he was being serious and not trying to joke. Then it dawned on Shawn that what Cody was truly referring to, which he forgot the correct term for, was his tiny little baby “nostrils”…not snot rolls!