Well, with all the hustle and
bustle of coordinating the purchase of our new family vehicle, Mommy arranged
to pick up our new Highlander late in the evening, necessitating her leaving
our Mazda on the dealership parking lot in Lafayette. This, of course, created
the opportunity for us to have an adventureJ.
Soooooo, our Saturday began in
conventional fashion, Daddy up bright and early to prepare for work, and each
of you, our bright eyed-bushy tailed angel babies, Ms. Bodhi and Mister Buddha,
got up early as well. Bodhi, you always are up early with Daddy, usually asking
permission to watch Nickelodeon on the living room TV and inquiring if you can
have “a morning snack.” J
Buddha, you also have begun to regularly get up early and your normal routine
is to stand at the top of the stairs and loudly “Dadah, Dadah…are you down
there?” And more recently, for some reason you have begun to inquire
“Michael…Michael…are you down there?” J
Then, you also ask for something to eat and for some juiceJ. Daddy then has to
hurriedly scurry the two of you back upstairs into bed with Mommy so Daddy can
get off to workJ.
After work, Daddy hurried home
and found the two of you waiting patiently with Mommy in our new Toyota
Highlander ready for departure. The plan was to have Mommy take us to the car
dealership, drop us off to finalize some paperwork and pickup our additional
vehicle “smart key” and for Mommy then to continue on to her scheduled work day
in Lafayette, and the three of us would make the return trip in our Mazda (our
“old” family car, Daddy’s “new” carJ).
Plans never quite go as planned, so Daddy had to call Mommy on her cell phone
to return to the dealership to complete some unfinished vehicle purchase
paperwork, and so while we were alternating finishing up the “sale,” the two of
you to your delight played in the indoor (very nice) children’s play area.
The dealership at Bob Rohrman
Toyota is truly immaculate, clean beyond all reasonable standards, so clean
that Mommy permitted you, Ms. Bodhi, to use the public rest room---that is the
ultimate statement of cleanliness for Mommy to relax her public restroom
prohibitionJ.
Both of you had a hoot playing in the play area, you were joined by another
young boy, and you Ms. Bodhi isolated one area of the play area as a personal
ballet workout zone, while your brother and this other young boy played to
their satisfaction by climbing through the plastic gym tunnels and what not.
You were so hilarious, Bodhi, and Daddy so regretted that Mommy didn’t witness
this for herself, but at one point Jude and the other boy came over and started
playing on your ballet equipment---you got so completely serious and stood with
one hand on your hip and said “now boys, I think you would enjoy returning to
your own play area and having fun with one another.” Daddy about choked, you
were so damn mature and serious and take charge!!! Buddha, you were content to
just wear yourself out climbing and playing and appeared to so enjoy the
company of your new friendJ.
After settling our business and
play opportunity, we gave goodbye kisses to Mommy and headed home, stopping of
course at McDonald’s for some cheeseburgers and fries and loading our dvd
player with “Chicken Run.” We got home in time for our afternoon nap, and enjoyed
some play time together before Mommy got home so we could all finally settle in
together, safe, reflecting on our blessings (including possession/”ownership”
of an incredibly attractive, totally equipped, safe family vehicle---that years
earlier Mommy and Daddy would not have believed within our reach), most
importantly the blessing of a beautiful, loving family.
Today was a fun adventure,
tonight will make for a good night’s rest---love you to the moon and back!
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