Altitudes

All the kids were at my sister's last week for their spring break. All except for Landon, the two year old. The week went SOOOOO nice. (See my sister's blog for how BAD her weekend was with my kids). Since the older ones were gone, I got to spend a lot more one-on-one time with Landon. We played on the swing set, sat in the yard and played ball, watched "Little Einstein's", and went out to eat with Clark. Having only one child that will eat off of your plate is much cheaper than having 4 who insist they need a kids meal of their own that they will eventually not eat. It will linger in the little black take-away tray in the refrigerator until everything smells like old chicken and french fries, and then a week later get discovered and thrown away. It's easier to just throw away my $15 the first time.

One of the days that Landon and I were at home without Daddy, we played out in the front yard and sat in the grass looking at things around us. Landon pointed out trees, a school bus, trackers (tractors), and "boats". Over and over again, he would say "I see boats." Well I in my elderly state as compared to Landon, did not see any boats floating down my street. I looked and looked and he just kept repeating himself. He finally pointed to the "boats" he saw - which were actually birds walking in the grass. He was quite enthralled by the birds and when I realized what he was talking about and corrected him, he said "Yeah, boats. Boats walking?" I said, "What? Yes, the birds are walking." He again said "Boats walking?" I decided he was waiting for me to elaborate and explained that "Yes, the birds are walking - they are probably looking for bugs or something in the grass." Landon looked at the birds, looked back at me, then again stared at the birds. You could see the wheels turning in his little head thinking birds just should not be on the ground. After a long pause, he ran over towards the birds and threw his arms in the air and said to the birds, "Gee-up-in-da-sky!" I laughed and laughed, realizing that Landon just felt that birds should not be on the ground, they should be flying. Who knew?