Mars and Venus meet once again at my house

This morning I returned two Nerf guns the boys lost due to not abiding by the gun rules of the house: 1)Always point them away from anyone's face.  2) Do not look down the barrel of the gun.  We were going over why they had lost them and how to keep them- reviewing "respecting" but not "trusting" any gun be it water/ rubber band guns or "missile guns" (Dax).  Cole was listening and participating although you could almost see his fingers twitching to get a hold on the guns he had missed so much.  After a few minutes his remark illustrated how his eagerness was about to erupt if I didn't wrap it up. "My ear itches because of all this talking..."  It was a perfect "inside voice" with capped emotion almost monotone much like the annoyed husband with the overly chatty wife:) He is such a guy and though he loves his mother and is learning to respect her more and more, she does make it a challenge sometimes!