I think I am regretting the decision to give my 4 1/2 year old little boy his own cell phone...yes..I said cell phone. A little history...Ross and I had a joint contract or family plan with Verizon...I had a phone and I paid like $9.00 a month to add his phone and we shared minutes. Well, several months ago, Ross' company got him a cell phone and we looked into cutting his old one off. I discovered from Verizon that it would be more expensive to cut off his phone and break my contract than it would be to keep his phone and ride out my contract until January. Needless to say, I have used Ross' old phone on occasions (if my was out of juice, etc) but for the most part, it has been in Brock's room (sitting on his dresser)...I came home the other day and Brock had gotten Ross' old phone, found a charger that worked and was charging the phone. He explained to me that this was Daddy's old phone. I nicely said to Brock that this was daddy's old phone but he could have it now since Daddy did not need it anymore...well, you would have thought this was the best gift ever. After charging the phone, Brock quickly started asking me several people's numbers and began dialing them. This has been a lesson in recognizing our numbers and knowing how to use the phone in the event of an emergency. He called many of his favorite people last night and actually received a few calls tonight. In the picture above, he is talking to someone (seems to be an in depth convo) and in the first photo, he is in his bed, reading a toy magazine and has his phone by him (notice his t-ball trophy is his phone stand...he came up with this)...he said he needed to take his phone to bed so he would not miss another call...He had missed one earlier. Our contract runs out in January and this phone will be cut off then....have I created a monster who will expect to have his own phone in January...it has been fun watching him socialize and communicate on the phone...he is a little man!