My children have this weird tendency when we get in the car: they talk.\u00a0 A lot.\u00a0 They never stop.\u00a0 Ever (unless they fall asleep). Often the talking involves arguing and fussing at each other which can be exhausting at times.\u00a0 Honeybun has also taken a strong interest in reading and letters which is fantastic.\u00a0 She\u2019ll ask me how to spell things I see (\u201cMommy, how do you spell light?\u201d) or will read me the letters on signs and ask me what they say. She also likes to make up her own words and asks me what they spell (\u201cMommy, what does A-B-F-R-T-E-D-Q-W-R\u2026\u201d) which I\u2019m pretty good at but after about 8 letters I usually lose track of where we were and we both get frustrated.<\/p>\n
But our car time has also provided some conversations and comments that I will never forget like the time on a long drive when Honeybun\u00a0brought up when my sister and I danced in Peter Pan<\/i>. \u00a0Honeybun\u00a0was asking me about when we did the show:\u00a0 \u201cMommy, was Auntie the crocodile?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cWas she scary?\u00a0 Did Captain Hook not like her?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cShe was a funny crocodile, but yes, the girl who did Captain Hook pretended to be scared of her.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWhat did you do mommy?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWell, I was an Indian and,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWere you Tiger Lily?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cNo, I was Tiger Lily\u2019s friend.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOh.\u00a0 Were you a Las Vegas boy too?\u201d\u00a0 The conversation pretty much ended there as hubby and I were laughing too hard to continue.<\/p>\n
Lately though, if you were to record our car conversations you would probably think we were crazy (or bathroom obsessed\u2026which my recent posts won\u2019t disprove). Our most often conversation lately stems from a few weeks back when we were getting on the highway and Sugarplum exclaimed \u201cMommy!\u00a0 Daddy\u2019s car made a Wee!\u201d\u00a0 It took us a few seconds to realize she was not talking about the car\u2019s potty habits but rather that we had done a cloverleaf and she was talking about the \u201cWhheee!\u201d we often exclaim when making u-turns (which is a regular requirement when making your way around South Florida).<\/p>\n
Then again last week while driving with my sister, we did a sharp curve and a tiny little \u201cwhee!\u201d came from Sugarplum’s car seat.\u00a0 Which prompted me to point out that the road was very curvy up ahead. I told the girls \u201cLook, we\u2019re going to make a whee-whee up here,\u201d meaning we were going to curve one way and then quickly back the other. \u00a0Honeybun\u00a0then noticed another \u201cwhee-whee\u201d coming and pointed it out.\u00a0 This conversation went on the rest of the car trip and the girls thought it was so funny.\u00a0 When we picked hubby up from the airport the next day, Honeybun\u00a0was so excited to tell him \u201cwe made so many whee-whees in Auntie\u2019s car yesterday!\u201d<\/p>\n
Our \u201cwhee\u201d conversations have continued and the girls have made a game out of wheeing at most corners but at least they\u2019re not arguing most of the time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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