One for You and One for Me!

In the car, the kids and I like to look out the windows at the world around us and appreciate all that is around us. Some people get frustrated with road construction, but seeing the huge equipment and the workers is very exciting to our family.

"Ooh! Look at that digger!"

"Ooh! That man waved at you!"

"Ooh! They're digging a hole! Look there's an airplane in the sky!"

The kids also like to holler greetings at the construction workers and any other car with its windows down. They are disappointed when they don't get a wave back, but ecstatic when they do.

I also constantly scan the construction crowd to find a lady construction worker to prove to Claire that indeed, girls can do everything boys can. Believe it or not, in the last week, I've found two attractive lady constructions workers.

We started playing a game where we assigned people and objects to each other.

"Look! There's a digger for Paul! Oooh! And another one for Claire!"

We try to find items in twos so one kid doesn't get disappointed. When there's only one, like the moped we saw the other day, the kids have a discussion about how they will share.

"Well Paul," Claire says, "I think I should ride it first since I'm bigger and then you can ride in the basket on back."

It's always fun and sometimes hilarious to hear what they claim as theirs, like explorers on the frontier. "Look! Trinity River for ME!" "Oooh! Bridge for ME!"

Yesterday, though, I nearly snorted with laughter when Claire claimed the motorcyclist in front of us.

"Look! There's a man with no hair for MEEEE! Sorry Paul, there's only one man with no hair."

One day she might actually be claiming a man with no hair for herself, but I'll be damned if it's not at least 30 years from now.