Mr. Vocab

Eli has put the writing of his novel on the back burner, in favor of comic book reading, model painting, and taunting his younger brother, but his penchant for using just the right word for every situation has not weakened.  I just found out from a friend that he answered the phone this morning while I was gone and assured her that I would be home 'within a span of 30 minutes'.  And the other night at dinner, while we were working our way through a pizza, I cut off the tip of one of the pie shaped pieces.  Later, Jon asked if anyone wanted the piece that mom had 'stunted'.  Eli said, "I'm not eating that truncated thing."  Me either.