Big Houses and Other Thoughts

Kids now start to pay attention to big/small/pretty houses that their friends live in or just the houses we pass by. Brandon:
- All I want is to have my own bedroom and a pool in the backyard.
Me:
- Brandon, do you realize that swimming pool is one of the most expensive things for a house?
Kyra:
- So, the swimming pool is the most expensivEST thing? But what about the piano???
P.S. They think it is a mansion if it has a piano. If it does not, the house is little. I am not sure where it is coming from besides that may be from Batman series??

Passing houses on Ridge rd. Brandon:
- Oh, look, this house has a chimney.
Me:
- Do you know what it means if a house has a chimney?
Brandon and Kyra together:
Brandon:
- Yes, it means it has a fireplace.
Kyra:
- That Santa comes to them through a chimney. But wait.. How does he come to our house then? Does he use a credit card to get in the door?

I had no idea what she was talking about until I remembered that for a while our door was broken and it was possible to open the lock with a credit card, just slide it. It was not funny. But it was.