So when I was back in the US for the first few months of the year, I split my time between my parents in south MS and my sister's near Nashville. On one of the last trips to my sister's, I was cleaning out the car to repack it with all my stuff and head back to my parents' place. My sister was in the middle of moving boxes from their front dining room. My three year old nephew, Knox, was playing out in the front yard by himself, but I was in and out of the house so kept a watch on him. Christy was able to also keep a look out on him from the dining room windows. It was a beautiful sunny day with lots of leaves on the ground. We noticed Knox playing in the leaves but didn't think much of it. Well, on a trip outside to the car, here is what I found:
Little Man Knox was playing with the leaves alright! And we thought we were watching him, but of course you can take your eyes of a kid for just a few minutes...
I didn't do anything but holler inside: "Christy, come look what your son has done!" Christy and I thought all this was hilarious and we were laughing so hard. We knew we had to let Knox know that you don't do that to the inside of a car, which was hard when you are laughing. Christy let him know, but he was oblivious and went on doing whatever he was playing with. She felt bad that he had gotten my car dirty, but I was just glad I hadn't packed everything yet. As I write, I now remember that I even found small sticks in the hubcaps! I also recall how we both said that we needed that laugh that day...Christy and I managed to get the car cleaned, though I think I still was finding leaves in my car a few weeks later!
oh the memories!
