Your youngest son is actually starting to look like Spongebob.

They tell daddy he'd better shop for mommy at Zales this year.

When the President breaks in with an unplanned address they freak out, telling you that you should call the cable company because the Guide on the TV didn't say anything about this!

They know exactly how the Roto-Zip works and can recite all of its fancy features on command. They follow you around with the phone for 10 minutes telling you that you only have a limited time to receive the handy paring knife with your order.

With each show that comes on Nickelodeon, they say: Oh, this is the one where....

They can sing every jingle from every commercial and continue doing it even when the television is off.

They have an opinion about which major news channel has better coverage for the six o'clock news.

When the cashier at McDonalds hands you a sack full of nuggets and fries and goes back to retrieve your drinks, the kids remember their favorite infomercial and chime in from the back seat, But wait, there's more!



Heidi Krumenauer is the author of "Why Does Grandma Have a Wibble?". She has published more than 1000 newspaper and magazine articles and has contributed to seven compilation books. When she's not writing or caring for her two young sons, Heidi is a director with a Fortune 400 insurance company. www.HeidiKrumenauer.com