The latest from AJ

He's got the hat, the t-shirt and the enthusiasm. Now he just needs his first real practice and he'll be set to go. They're still two weeks out from the first practice, but AJ got to meet his baseball team on Saturday and get their pictures taken. He was only too happy to re-create the pose when he got home.

As always, AJ's been entertaining me with his observations and interpretations.

Sunday morning, trying to get him ready for church, I pulled out a pair of his dressier shorts and asked if they still fit. The shorts are a 4T. AJ is now up to size 6 in pants.

AJ, who to date seems to only grow taller not wider, answered, "Are they shorts? Shorts always fit."

Later at Sunday School, we sat together for a special family session. It was the last week of the year so they kept us all together. It was also Pentecost Sunday, so the pastor, to illustrate the significance, pulled out a birthday cake and explained to the kids it was the birthday of the church. "This is God's birthday," he said.

AJ, who knows his birthday is in February, looked up at me and whispered, "My birthday is before God's."