drew takes a trip

If you're wondering what to get Drew for Christmas, there's no need to spend a lot of money. Or any money, really. Just get him a few sturdy UPS or FedEx boxes and he'll be one pleased-as-punch baby.

Drew's latest accomplishment is mastering the ability to put items into containers. Give him an item, any item, and a container, any container, and within seconds, that item will be inside the container! It's like magic!

Last night, he decided to combine his using-a-walker-to-terrorize-the-cat and putting-items-into-containers skills and take a trip across the living room through the dining room and into the kitchen.

For this long and arduous trip, he carefully chose his mode of transportation:

The Fisher-Price Hungry Hungry Hippo obviously had the most carrying capacity as well as perk of being able to not only mow down cats but eat them as well.

Now that he had chosen his transport, he had to pack for the trip.

The first item into the vehicle was his sippy cup full of white grape juice. It was a long trip, and he obviously didn't want to get dehydrated, especially when traversing the hallway, which is miles from a watering hole.

The second item into the vehicle was a book.

Specifically, this book:

I figure, this is the manual. You don't want to take a long journey without the operator's manual. What if you break down?

The third and final item to get packed was a block. Trying to get into the mind of my toddler, I figure, OK, he's a Southern boy. If he does happen to break down, he can put the car on the block in the front yard and leave it there until it rots into rusty oblivion.

I watched his entire excursion through our downstairs.

My favorite leg of the jaunt was the part where he stopped the Hippo, toddled around to the side of it, pulled out his sippy cup, sat down and drank half of his juice. Then he stood up, replaced the cup in the Hippo, toddled around to the back and resumed pushing.

My son! He's already learned not to drink and drive...

Comments

[Mom]

Oh how cute! He is so fun to watch. Of course I'm not prejudice, but he has so much personality!

[Nan]

You know, if you'd brought the hippo with you last night your brilliant little one wouldn't have had to get stuck under my coffee table trying to pick up things off the floor...what a funny little guy!! :)