The first boy plays with cars and trucks and never plays with people, not even Fisher Price's Little People. His cars talk to each other, no human drivers needed. I remember the first time he saw a doll's house in the toy store: "But where's the garage?" he said. Always thinking vehicles.

The second boy has eight girls in his preschool class and only one other boy. This one plays tea party.

I get out grandma's silver and my china cups for him to use because, in a house of boys, we haven't a play tea set. He plays cars and trucks too, but his cars have human drivers. He uses small Lincoln logs because we don't have any play human figurines.

I noticed the driver and passenger in his toy car yesterday and asked him, "Who's that?" Wiggling the driver he said, "This is Mommy" and wiggling the front passenger, said, "This is Daddy." Well, at least Daddy wasn't lounging in the back seat with Mommy as some sort of chauffeur!