We have spent much of this blog on Tucker's quirkiness, but we may have reached a new high point! His LOVE of minivans. It is getting a little out of control right now and we often have to tell him during the day "Tucker, I don't want to hear anything else about minivans for awhile." Yes, that's right.
What?! Your 5 year old doesn't beg you for one?
Proof this obsession is nearing car wash status:
1. He plays minivan out on our chair in the living room with his keys. His pretend play mostly entails him unloading things out of the side sliding doors and back trunk (he waits and ducks slightly while it automatically goes up)
2. He makes statements like "Mama, did you like my singing at school today?" Me: yes. Tucker: "enough to buy a minivan?" OR "I'm going to keep doing that until you buy a minivan!!!" (in his angry, sassy voice.
3. He also makes statements like "Mama, don't you want it to be easier for you? You wouldn't have to open these doors on your own if you got a minivan."
4. Yesterday he makes up a song to the tune of "I'm a little teapot" but it's "I'm a Honda Minivan.
Yes, He prefers Hondas. And he wants a black one.
5. Earlier today he went through his entire preschool directory pointing out as he read each name which moms had minivans. He got to one girl and read her name and then said "she has a minivan, but the side door is broken so they have to open it by hand." WEIRD!!! We asked him how he knew all this info and he just casually said he watches all the cars during carpool line. WEIRD!!! He could also tell me what brand and color of minivan each kid had.
I can only hope this passes faster than the 3-plus year obsession with car washes.
The Year of Airplanes. It is worthy of an entire post but my child (and thus children) are completely and wildly obsessed with airplanes. Most days at about 4:00 I have to tell Tucker something like "I cannot discuss anything else about an airport or plane today. We'll pick this up tomorrow morning." He wears me out (and anyone else he talks to) every single day playing airplane, wondering about airplanes, watching you tube videos of different planes, asking more questions about air travel in general, ... It is hard to explain how intense it is but it makes the minivan obsession seem like child's play. It is more like the car wash obsession of years' past but just four times more verbal! Above is the assembly of his new airport from Nan & Pop for all his play planes. Santa found specific models of Southwest, Delta & American complete with food trucks, baggage shuttles, etc. Below is the Lego Airport he has wanted since July. He screamed when he opened it and spent the next 8 hours methodically following the directions to put it together. He picked up the airport shortly before going to bed late Christmas night only to drop it in to MANY pieces on the floor. He was so upset! Mimi and Daddio poured some cocktails and got started putting it back together so it was fixed when he woke up the next morning!
Funny hat from Uncle Bill & Aunt Diann!
Checking out "The Motherload" (Tucker's favorite term for a lot of anything) of gifts!
Christmas Eve reading of "Night Before Christmas"
