Words from the back seat...

Novak : Mom, can I take a bath?  A pink mushroom bath?

I really wish I knew where he gets this stuff...

2 for 2

This time it's on the way home from a grocery store trip with Dad...poor thing.

These mini naps throw him off for the whole day.

Music Critic

This morning on the way to work, Nile and I were flipping through radio stations looking for music. Most of the local radio stations in the area has a lot of talking in the mornings. I get to the classic rock station, and the song "Dream Weaver" is on the radio.

From the back seat I hear Nile call out, "Whiny rock...!"

(this is something Tom would, and has, said).

NASCAR Chicagoland

On July 9, Tom took Nate up to Joliet to see the qualifying runs for the NASCAR Nextel Cup race, and also to watch part of the Nationwide series race that evening. They met Tom's brother Dan and cousins Julian and Henry up there for the event. Nate absolutely loved it!

Here's the crew tailgating before the races.

Checking out a racing truck.

Nate outside the speedway.

In the stands.

And a few videos...

Find the Moon

Combine an obsession with space and astronomy (Nate), a serious competitive streak between two brothers, a 2 year old who wants to do EVERYTHING his brother does, and add in what must occasionally seem to a toddler like the longest 20 minute drive ever, and you get...

Find The Moon!

About once a month, the boys and I have the opportunity to play this awesome game as we drive to work in the morning.

Only on those mornings when the moon is full (or nearly full), it hangs in the western sky, just as we are on the road. Even better, our route in the morning takes us from northbound to westbound, to southbound. We even go eastbound on the mornings we are going to my parents' house. So, as we wind and turn our way to our destination, the moon makes an appearance out first one boy's window, then the other, then out the front windshield. It seems silly, and it really is, but the boys get a big kick out of finding it:

"I see the moon!"

"It's out my window!"

"Now it's out my window!"

"It's in front of us!"

"Where is the moon, Mommy?"

"I can't see the moon..."