Another year has gone by. Our little one, now two, has grown so big that he now stands close to being about half my height. He is a very active child who loves to run and climb, and play soccer and basketball (or at least he tries to). And his number one passion in life right now is vehicles.
With the winter season fast approaching James suggested that we go out on the truck with him. I put the question to our little one.
"Would you like to go with Daddy on the truck?"
His eyes went wide with excitement. "Ride the truck? Ride Daddy's truck?"
"Yes."
"Ride the truck with daddy! Ride the truck with Daddy!" he repeated.
So we went out on the truck with James.
Once again, our time on the truck has been so much easier than it was before.
The little one now loves the long hours of driving. He loves to sit in the front seat, point out each vehicle and tell us its name. If a vehicle gets in the way he yells at it and tells it to get out of the way. If it doesn't he grumps at it and calls it "bad". He is disappointed that he has not seen a monster truck yet.
When he is not pointing out vehicles or staring at traffic, the little one is either playing on his tablet, or in the back of the truck watching a movie or on the floor playing with his toys. Duplo blocks have been a wonderful addition to his toys. There is so much that he has been able to do with them. I will do a separate post recommending some of the new apps we have found for the tablet.
The little one has been sleeping on the floor, between the two chairs on top of 2 moving blankets for insulation and then a full/single bed topper, folded in half. We got him a heavy woolen blanket to go with his regular blankets which seems to be working out wonderfully. We have also had to use another heavy woolen blanket around the edge of the bed to block some of the drafts that come in through the edges of the door. Every morning the little one wakes up in his bed on the floor and asks, "Daddy, ride the truck today?"
Being older, the little one now understands that he needs to do what he is told. This means we can leave him in the truck to watch his TV shows without him locking himself in, opening the door or getting into trouble. On the odd occasion we can have him outside hanging out with us while we tie down a load if we are in a safe area.
Days that are spent not moving, we alternate between inside, outside and a truck stop if we are at one. We try and get out and play ball on these days or take his larger toys inside to run around with. Time in the truck is spent either playing with his duplo blocks or on the tablet PC.
He has been missing interacting with other kids, but we have been lucky enough to come across one or two on occasion that he can play with while out here. Drivers looked on confused at one shipper where another drivers granddaughter and our little one ran round and around chasing each other. They had a great time together.
I'm sure as the year passes there will be a lot more exciting stories to tell.