We have a DVD player in our van with two screens- one for the middle row of seats & one for the back row of seats. The one in the back row hangs in front of Savannah’s seat and she is constantly fiddling with the cord with her feet. Of course, the cord was broken and until we get a new one that screen will not work. Last night we got into the car to head out for an early dinner before church and Savvy started in fussing about how she can’t see the screen in the middle because Nathan’s head is in the way. I turned around and gave her the adult lecture- “We told you to leave the cord alone or it would break. You kept messing with it and now it’s broken so you’ll just have to deal with it. Nathan can’t move, he’s in his booster seat with a seat belt on. Next time you’ll learn to leave the cord alone!” (or something like that). Nathan pipes up with this: “Mom, you know what that’s called, don’t you? It’s called “paying the stupid tax!”
ohmyword, I haven’t stopped laughing about that since last night!
As an aside- we very nearly lost Lrya’s bibi- the crocheted blanket that my Aunt Carolyn made her. Last night we decided to go out to dinner before church. We went to one restaurant and it was closed, we went to a second restaurant but my sister called & said it was no good so we ended up going to Chili’s. Afterwards we noticed Lyra’s blanket was missing. After much searching in the restaurant, parking lot, van, etc. we started back tracking. We finally found it back at the first restaurant we stopped at- it had fallen out of the van doors when I opened them. Some kind soul found it and hung it up on railing. Crises averted! I was planning on calling my Aunt and begging her to make me another ASAP. Lyra is quite attached to it and she would have been heartbroken if it had been lost. We missed church, which was disappointing, but at least we got her bibi back!
