Things are definitely changing with you almost daily. You still have your sweet and innocent mannerisms, but you have a wild side that rears it’s ugly head from time to time. Of course it’s to be expected and I’m not at all surprised but even when you are at your worst, I have a way to soothe the savage beasts. It helps knowing that redirection, and distraction tactics come into play, and they actually work. I’m guessing you will probably catch on sooner or later, but it works for you and I in the time being.
The other day we were at Walgreen’s refilling a prescription in the drive-thru when you saw the lady hand me the white bag through the window you immediately exclaimed “french fry”. Well, needless to say I got a huge chuckle out of that because your observation skills. Drive-thru, Car, White bag..surely there are french fries in that bag. Well when I turned around to explain that we were not at McDonald’s you had a look that only can be described as a mathematician that just had his proof proved wrong. After the explanation, you were ok with it and moved on.
Now, later that day a simple explanation would not work. Mainly because you had one thing on your sub concious which was sleep. We had just left a superbowl party where you had spent at least 2 solid hours playing non-stop with 3 other children and chasing a miniature pinscher around a back yard. You were exhausted, tired, and sleepy or as i like to call it DEFCON 1. I knew the drive was only 30 mintues, but I knew that the slightest bump in the road would set you off and would closely describe the process as disarming a nuclear warhead with only a hammer and a brick. Well, it happened with less than 5 minutes until Ipulled into the driveway when your binky was thrown down out of frustration from being in the car seat a little too long for your liking. Ok, Distraction! “Hey Lia, look at that cow in that field” was my first reaction (realizing we were in the city already and just went with the first thing that popped in my mind) and I just happened to be pointing at an over sized woman getting gas. Just then the air was filled with laughter by us and soon you followed suite and we were back to DEFCON 5 as we pulled in driveway….and that night, the world was right again in your eyes.