Bedtime conversation on the next-to-last day of summer vacation:

Me (to No. 5): “I want you to make really good choices in 2nd grade and not get in any trouble. I don’t want any more gray hair.”

No. 5, examining my head in the semi-dark: “You have gray hair?”

Me: “Yes, hon, but thanks for not noticing it.”

No. 5: “Oh, I saw it. I just thought they were white.”

Thanks for keepin’ it real, kid.