The Thinker
Our next-door neighbor's sister is visiting from Illinois. She drives a big green SUV, which is what makes her visit notable from our son's perspective. What fun to have an unfamiliar vehicle parked in the shared driveway!
It was even more exciting to have some activity around the vehicle while we were eating lunch. Our little guy, peering through the slats of the dining room mini blinds, informed us that our neighbor was at the wheel of the green SUV. We then heard an exchange through the open windows of the kitchen indicating that the driver was actually her sister and that our neighbor was still heading to the truck. (They resemble each other in a shocking way.)
The spy who had abandoned his peanut butter sandwich to make his observations slid down the wall to sit on the hardwood floor as the SUV drove out of sight. "Do you know why I'm sitting here, Mommy?" he asked.
Did there have to be a why? "No," I said. "Why are you sitting there?"
He responded, "I'm thinking about where they're going and why they both have curly hair." Deep thoughts for a four-year-old.
Additional note: As I made this entry, the kids were (and still are) shouting back and forth between themselves a favorite slogan which they misunderstood from a commerical aired heavily during the U.S. Open featuring Andy Roddick's mojo--"Redemption does not hit the snooze butt!"
It was even more exciting to have some activity around the vehicle while we were eating lunch. Our little guy, peering through the slats of the dining room mini blinds, informed us that our neighbor was at the wheel of the green SUV. We then heard an exchange through the open windows of the kitchen indicating that the driver was actually her sister and that our neighbor was still heading to the truck. (They resemble each other in a shocking way.)
The spy who had abandoned his peanut butter sandwich to make his observations slid down the wall to sit on the hardwood floor as the SUV drove out of sight. "Do you know why I'm sitting here, Mommy?" he asked.
Did there have to be a why? "No," I said. "Why are you sitting there?"
He responded, "I'm thinking about where they're going and why they both have curly hair." Deep thoughts for a four-year-old.
Additional note: As I made this entry, the kids were (and still are) shouting back and forth between themselves a favorite slogan which they misunderstood from a commerical aired heavily during the U.S. Open featuring Andy Roddick's mojo--"Redemption does not hit the snooze butt!"
posted by Lisa Strandberg at 11:57 AM
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