My sister, Lucas and I just returned from Dallas, where we had a wonderful visit with our aunt and uncle. Traveling with a tot is always an adventure and I have written about it before here and here. As usual, Lucas was great on the plane and owned his “star of the weekend” status like a trouper.
More on our trip in a later post…
For me, our long weekend adventure began in the car on the way to the airport. There was a time when Lucas hated being in the car because he hated being in his car seat, but nowadays, he is talkative and observant and the longer we have to drive, the more chatty he gets. His vocabulary and recall continue to amazes me.
In the hour it took us to get to LAX, when he wasn’t joyfully singing or chattering to himself, he:
- Pointed out the picture of the globe on the side of a U-Haul truck and colorful balloons at car dealerships. Every. single. one.
- At each traffic light, Lucas explained how red means stop, green means go and yellow says “slow down, everyone”.
- Notified me when he had dropped his sippy cup and then would periodically ask me for it.
- Shouted out purple, turquoise (yes, turquoise), orange, pink and taxi cars.
- Counted the number of birds flying by and every airplane we saw as we got closer to the airport, reminding him of our destination and fun weekend plans, which we would we would then review over and over again.
- Recognized not one, but two Ikeas and emphatically announced that we should go back there someday. He’s right, it has been a while. He also mistook a Best Buy for an Ikea, which I may have done before too.
- Wanted to call Daddy, only to clam up and become silent once we reached him.
Our trip hadn’t even begun and I was already exhausted. Why is just listening to a child so tiring?
Apparently I wasn’t the only one…
Once we arrived in Texas, it was all about water tower and train spotting.
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Oh my, the cuteness. He’s stunning. Especially when he’s sleeping. 😉
I don’t know how they manage to tire us out just by talking, but they’ve got it nailed.
They sure do. At least it was happy chatter.
I wish I could sleep in the car like kids do. Sometimes even their heads are all hangin’ down and it looks like they’ve got rubber necks.
Love sleepy cheeks 🙂
One minute he was energetically pointing out stuff along the route and then it was completely silent. Zzzzzzz.
I have no idea how they manage to tire us out just by talking, but mine do the same thing. It’s exhausting, really!
He is so adorable in that picture!
Thanks, Kim. I love the happy chatter, it’s the whining and carrying on that drives me up a wall.
Mine can’t even really string sentences together but he’s a chatterbox already. I’m tired just thinking about it!
And isn’t he such a cutie patootie!
Get ready… the constant chatter and questions are on their way!
Reminds me so much of my youngest. Especially the call daddy part but then not say a word. My daughter does that all the time.
I think they get phone shy or intimidated because it’s Daddy’s voice coming out of the car. Who knows?!
there is something about looking at your child peacefully sleeping that melts your heart …
It really is a beautiful thing to witness. I love all the chatter too.
Oh lovely, sweet, chatty, exhausting boy! Love! 🙂
I hope that your trip was wonderful!
Thank you, Galit. We had a wonderful time.
Hurray for super trooper Lucas. He is so sweet. I love how kids always come through for you when you least expect it. Mine did the same about traffic lights except orange meant get ready 🙂
Loving that picture of him sleeping, love when their little faces are dreaming (and quiet). LOL
He sounds a lot like Jacob and Gio…in the car they do not stop talking, over each other, to each other, about boats and planes and cars and trucks….it’s like the Land of Never Ending Questions lately. 😉
He sounds like such a smart little boy…and goodness knows he’s a cutie!
Turquoise??! Love that kid! What a trip you guys had…