do you like this hat? i put it on today when we went to the beach and t2 loved it. smiled and smiled and smiled at me. maybe he thinks his mom is a clown.
tayloe and lawrence, of course, made fun of me.
there's a little boy next door - he's maybe 7 years old - who rides his bike up and down our sidewalk. back and forth, back and forth, back and forth he's been going all summer long.
yesterday around 2, he cruised by our house as usual, except this time he had a big plastic monster truck tied behind him. only, the rope he used was a little too long and he just couldn't quite get his speed right so instead of it coasting along smoothly behind him like i imagine he hoped it would, he was dragging it.
hhhhrrrrsssshhhhhrrrr. hhhrrrrrsssshhhhrrr. he tried all afternoon to make it work and just couldn't seem to get there.
sometime around 4, he ditched the truck for (and this is sad) ... a paper airplane. he nearly wore a trail on the sidewalk trying to get that thing to fly. he'd peddle super fast, wringing his neck back behind him to see if the plane had lifted off, then losing his balance a little, wavering, crashing into the grass.
"see what you have to look forward to?" i told my little boy with as much enthusiasm i could muster. "someday you can spend 5 hours dragging things behind your bike just like that kid."
he smiled at me. and then he farted.
2 comments:
Well, personally I love your hat. In fact I have one similar to it except it is red. John has tried to either personally throw it away or convince me to do it many times. In fact I came home one night from work to find it sitting neatly on top of the trash can out front, ready for collection in the morning. In his defense it is very old and sheds alot of straw pretty m uch whenever it is touched. But that is beside the point. You and I should get together and have some sake on the beach!!
i heart liz.
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