My first car was a four door, it was great because I was in
my early 20's. It was so easy, I could load friends in to go drinking, dancing even shopping. Hopping in for a road trip was borderline epic.
Oh, those were the days!
Secretly, when I was alone, I
would imagine what it would be like to have a child in the backseat. The whole
family fantasy was alive and doing well in my mind. The giggles and silly songs from
the backseat were all I could think about sometimes.
Fast forward to my late 30's. Two kids in the back of my
mini-van, singing along to their fave Leap Frog DVD. Pretty close to my
fantasy, right? Until the headphones came off, then things got really
interesting.
These are some of the things I heard on my drive to visit
grandma today :
* DD "there are pop-stars on the road you know.
Pop stars POP stars (she tries out the words over and over) to which DS responds "NO, if there were pop stars on the highway, they'd be
dead. They'd be extinct"
* "Did you know, that building is a wrestling place,
you know how I know? 'Cause there is a W and another W on it. Like that thing
on TV. I should go there. I could wrestle."
* "there are so much at the grocery store. Forty
dollars, that is how many. That's so many, it's a lot. Forty lot!" Me:
What are you talking about?" "I'm not telling you!"
We nearly ended up in a ditch. I was laughing to myself, my tummy hurt. My hands shaking on the wheel. It was precarious, it was hilarious. I concluded that the mind of the under 10 set is classic entertainment and I recommend other parents really take time to enjoy it. Comedy Central couldn't write better stuff than this.
What are some of the weird and wonderful things you've
overheard your children say to each other?
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