All Boy

I was not exposed to boys very much at all before having Landon. I have all sisters and one step brother, so the thought of a boy scared me a bit. I wasn't sure there would be any huge differences in the early years, but I was wrong. Landon is ALL boy. Cars, trains, danger, balls, golf clubs used as weapons is the norm in our house these days. It seems the more dangerous an item looks the more Landon wants to play with it. We went to the farm today which now that we are back I am not sure it was a great idea since he is recovering from croup. All he wanted to do was sit in Grandaddy's car and "drive" it. If he was not playing in the car he wanted to try to pick up logs from a cut up tree that were bigger than he is. I decided since he was so into pretend driving that Lan and I would take a drive in my SUV through the fields to visit the cows. I let him sit in my lap and steer us through the pasture. I am sure it was a site to see from far away. We got out and moo'ed at the cows until I think we upset a bull because he came to close for comfort, a few feet in front of us. I am normally not worried but I wasn't sure how I would wave him off while holding a 19 month old in my arms so we retreated back to the safety of the car. Tye was working on fixing a tire on our new but old riding lawn mower. Hearing my dad and Tye talk about it you would think it was the super stars of riding lawn mowers but check out the video and get a good chuckle on what it really looks like. The men got the idea to let Landon steer it around and he was thrilled to drive around on Grandaddy's lap for 30 minutes and screamed "more, more" when it was time to get off. I thought I might one day be able to live in this small town surrounded by nothing but land and a dairy farm but I was reminded today that I am a city girl and should stay put!


This is when we happily got back in the car.