Taking Out the Bumps

We have speed bumps on the small road to our house. We've always disliked them, but Brian started playing a game with the whole thing a few weeks ago. Every time we come home, Brian would ask Ben if he took the bumps out of the road, because he didn't want to go over the bumps today. Ben at first seemed concerned, like he might get in trouble and wasn't sure quite why. Soon, he began to catch on to the game and would laugh and start to tell us it was Mom's job or Dad's job, not his. One day this week, we were just about at the turn into our neighborhood and he got this silly grin on his face from the back seat with his cute little glasses. He got real serious and sounded stern when he asked, "Dad, did you get those bumps out of the way? Because I don't want to go over any bumps today." Then he broke into a huge grin, anxiously waiting for us to play his game. It is getting really fun for him to grow up and start playing grown up games. His imagination is amazing and fun. We spent a long time playing during Maddie's nap on Sunday with the old Sesame Street Fisher Price toys I had as a kid. They play in the boats and the bird houses Ben makes at the Home Depot classes, fly in cardboard box airplanes and have to eat at the restaurant while Mr. Hooper drives the trash truck around the neighborhood and takes it all to the local dump by the fireplace. The detail in his play these days is delightful.