The mind of a 3 (almost 4) year old is mysterious, except when he tells you EVERYTHING he's thinking.... That would be the case of Zach. He has been talking to me non-stop for a week. In fact, he's talking right now.....
Zach: Hurley Haywood raced the Brumos Porsche and wrecked. Then we repaired the wheels, put him back on the track and he finished in 1st place! Do you want to watch the race? It goes into the night.....
Dave bought a small Matchbox type car for Zach last weekend at a Porsche Club SWAP meet in L.A.. An innocent purchase, but it may be one that drives me to drink :-) Since receiving the car Sunday night, Zach has 1) slept with it 2) broken the thin black spoiler off during sleep 3) asked me no less than 7 times to glue it back on - while trying to get everyone woken up 2 hours earlier than normal - Daylight Saving time and Alabama time messes with your internal clock, dressed and out the door to drop Dave at work in Sandy Springs and back to drop Olivia at school in Smyrna, 4) conducted 37 races, all in which I have to watch, 5) practices and perfects his 'car sounds' mulitiple times a day, 6) taken the car to every location we have been, 7) does not pay attention in Music Class, Karate or where ever he is because he is so focused on THIS CAR!!!! and last but not least 8) loses the car multiple times a day, including 6 am in the morning because he set it down and couldn't remember where he left it - REALLY?!
So, as I am watching or more like requested to watch the races, Zach asks if I want to see the preview. Preview? I think for a moment and realize what he means to say is "Replay". So, in addition to the many different ways to race that this little brain is imagining, he also has picked up on replays from the good 'ol t.v. My family and I try to think of what Zach will be when he grows up. With the clear, loud projection of a voice and the strong influence he picks up on television, I have a feeling he will land somewhere in the marketing/television/movie world. Or....he could be a defense attorney. He has some pretty strong arguments. Believe me.
This past weekend (starting Thursday night since I take FULL advantage of having Friday's off), I headed to the lake with the kids. Dave was in NY and L.A. We played in the full sunshine and enjoyed the water at Lake Martin. It was up 6 feet from two weeks ago - a huge increase. Plenty of fishing boats were out in our cove to see what was biting. I think the fish were excited too; they jumped out of the water in the late afternoons as we sat idly by and watched. We 'fished' for 3 days straight without catching a thing. Oh wait, you should be quiet to fish, right? That didn't happen, so we just praticed casting our rods and tangling them up. It was actually quite fun. We blew bubbles, searched under rocks for hibernating snakes (right!), and what's the term..... oh yes, "messed around". I'm looking forward to messing around again.
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