Becoming a parent means that so many routine things become exciting and new again (or hair raising and tortuous, depending on context). Having kids really does put things in perspective and make us really look at things fresh, but when driving from Atlanta to Toledo in two days, things can get a little fraught.
Some excerpts:
Toddler: "I want down"
Me: "You can't get down, you are strapped into a car seat"
Long Pause
Toddler: "I want up"
Me: "Can't pick you up, still strapped in the car seat"
Longer Pause
Toddler: "I want here"
Me: "Well ok then"
There is a lot of farm country between Atlanta and Toledo so we, of course, played look at the roaming farm animal. However, in classic fashion, every time we got him focused in the right spot, the animal was either gone or we were past it. This continued to a frustrating point for him, and so he retaliated.
Toddler: I found cow!
Me: I don't see a cow, that looks like a sign.
Toddler: I see horsey!
Me: I don't see one of those either.
Toddler: I see horsey.
Me: Where? Show me. I don't see it.
Long pause wherein he works up a somewhat mischievous grin
Toddler: I see dragon! RAWR!
:D
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