Car!

I think we have a gear head on our hands.

Every afternoon, when she and Minion #2 get home, she has to explore. She starts out by checking out the cars, and naming them just in case we forgot they were called "cars!" She knows the handles open the doors, although she isn't quite strong enough to open them herself. Some days we open the doors for her and let her climb in and explore the interior of the cars.

She loves the sound of engines and machinery - the tiller we bought for the garden was great fun and made her smile and clap. I held her and we sat on the hill to watch Daddy as he tilled the garden. When the tiller wasn't running, she and I would come down the hill to look at it. She was pretty good about not touching it when we told her it was hot.

Inside, she plays with her dolls and stuffed animals, but she plays with her cars, too, pushing them all around. Her Grandaddy H said that next year he'd get a car seat for his race car. I think he thinks he was joking, but the Tiny Overlord would love it. She's going to love the battery powered four wheeler that he got for her. Once she gets her wheels, watch out world!