Watching Everett play with some of his new vehicular toys is an experience. He totally gets that the large machines with four wheels such as the Dump Truck and the School Bus* are for moving across the floor, back and forth and back and forth with the occasional FLING with glee.
*Not "bus" as one youngster corrected me at a recent party--Thanks, Eliesons, for helping the Sjolseths with our vocabulary!
Today, though, his license was revoked. The action was not due to a case of carpet road rage or inappropriate sign or verbal (babbbling) language. The action was not caused by repeated improper parking incidences or forgetting to feed the meter. The loss of driving privileges was not due to application of makeup or talking on the phone while operating heavy machinery. The action was imposed after several huge, disastrous, Little People injuries.
Oddly, when playing with the Little People Farm, he never works the tractor hard enough to throw the driver or any of the animals. Is it because of his love for animals, his ever pressing need to track down and pat our animal, Twiggy, (while pulling her hair in love) or is it really about his parents' driving? (Nah!)
Or is it something as simple as we haven't drawn the lines and structured his driving experiences? Do we really need one of those "city carpets" that show kids where the cars and larger vehicular mobiles should roam? Or can we continue with our undefined, unstructured way of driving and maybe grant him a learner's permit after a successfully completing a driver's ed course?
Must, must add that he loves, loves, loves the songs that play on these toys.
