Hitting the Road

Tomorrow morning the kids and I will take our first big road trip! I'm not sure if that's an exclamation point of excitement or fear. I'm very excited to be going to Oklahoma to see my friend Theresa and her girls. I've tried to prepare for the 8 to 10 hour car ride without thinking too much about it! We've got a scavenger hunt planned, DVDs, and kid CDs. We'll also stop at fast food restaurants with playgrounds several times. I'm just hoping Allie isn't too upset about the long car ride. OK, enough talking about that. I'm getting nervous!

Yesterday on an animal show the boys were watching, they were talking about prairie dogs. Brian commented how people in Montana hated prairie dogs because they would dig holes which the horses would step in and break their legs. Then the horses would have to be put down. He said the farmers would sometimes put ads in the paper looking for people to come to their farms and shoot prairie dogs. So later that day Coleman and my mom were talking. Coleman said, "I used to want to be a construction worker when I grew up, but now I want to be a prairie dog shooter."

Sometimes I can follow his train of thought, like with his new career decision. But other times I have no clue what makes him say certain things. Today in church, Coleman leaned over and whispered to Brian, "When army guys go to battle, how do they go to church?" I guess little boys are just always thinking about army guys!