Kids these days

When I was 9 and in the 4th grade I certainly didn't have all the things that Brenden has, so why not add another thing to that list. Brenden got a cell phone this weekend. He was saving his allowance money and we let him get it this past weekend. He is loving it. He is texting his friends and texting me to ask if he could stay longer at his friend Micah's house. It is prepaid for now until we decide if we want to get a family plan which will probably end up being cheaper when you consider the minutes that he'll have to pay for. And mine is prepaid too since I don't really use mine there's no sense in having a plan...until now that is because now it may end up being cheaper. We'll just have to see how fast he goes through his minutes. He set a different ring tone for everyone already and has programmed everyone's phone numbers in, including Richard's work, my mom and my dad. He's been wanting a cell phone for a while and several of his friends have one already so we went ahead and agreed. It's nice for him to have when he is riding his bike around the neighborhood with his friends and he can let me know where he is (instead of taking my phone all the time). And for the record, his phone is better than mine! Mine is 6 years old now. Our original thought was that he could get a cell phone in junior high, then we lowered it to 10 (we were going to get it for his upcoming birthday) but he's been saving well and looking at phones all the time and talking about his friends' phones so we let him get it early. Now we have to figure out something else for his birthday present. Hmm....how about airtime???!!!