I can’t believe how easy it is to integrate ‘little’ into my life. Although often times when we hang out it’s for a good majority of the day, which I prefer, sometimes we just have quick outings and they can be a blast. For instnace, do you remember going to the car wash with your folks when you were young and being so intrigued by the process? The machines were great, the car looked great, something was being transformed before your very eyes and the result was gorgeous… okay maybe most of you don’t get that excited but I certainly do(did). The other day I needed to get my car washed and pick something up from the grocery store. I hadn’t seen ‘little’ for a week or so and was just driving by his house. I have a good enough relationship with both he and his family where I can just drop by. I did, and asked if he’d like to go out for an hour or so. We ran over to the store and got what I needed. We both enjoyed a delicious Honey Crisp apple (the best!) and headed back. It was a great time to catch up, see how his week was, what was up with school and drop him off again. I got a little bit of an update on his love interest too. They haven’t actually spoken yet, but he thinks she may be smarter than he is. The jury is still out on that one. I’ll fill you in on the details with this later. It’s still developing!
On our way home we quick got gas and swung into the car wash. He was enthralled. I’m not sure if he’d never been in one before but he got so excited. It made me excited and somewhat disheartened that I have sort of lost that youthful excitement about such little things(pun intended). ‘little’ was VERY concerned that we had all of our windows up so we wouldn’t get wet! I told him it was his task to make sure we were safe from that danger. I think he really likes it when I give him tasks so he doesn’t have to just watch and observe. It’s obvious that he prefers having some sort of ownership in whatever our activity is.
Usually a car wash is a burden for me because I’m headed somewhere. I really need to get my priorities straight…
When we got home he told all of his siblings what we had done and he was proud and excited to lord it over them. ha ha what a punk!