{"id":2861,"date":"2012-10-26T07:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2012-10-26T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T18:27:59","slug":"somethin-bout-a-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/somethin-bout-a-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Somethin\u2019 Bout a Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The calming chatterboxes in the back of the MomMobile were giggling about the day\u2019s misdeeds, when we rolled to a stop across the street from a recently razed corner market.<\/p>\n

MOMMEEE!!! DIGGER MOVE DIRT! MIXER! Mixer get blanket at dark. DOZERDOZERDOZER! MOMMEE!!! TRACTOR!<\/p>\n

It was Apocolypse Now \u2013 Toddler version. If a garbage truck had been added to the mix, there may have been cause for aneurysm concern.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s up for a little country music?<\/a> (No comments AuntJ \u2013 it\u2019s good stuff \u2013 and one of your great nephews totally does a kick ass impersonation of Lyle Lovett.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u266b\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s something about a truck.\u00a0\u266b<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you ask a muppet to name a color, he\u2019ll answer \u201cblue.\u201d It doesn\u2019t matter what the actual hue is. If you ask a muppet to name a truck varietal, he\u2019ll give you an instantaneous (and correct) answer. (Or he\u2019ll yell \u201ctractor.\u201d)<\/p>\n

We have fire trucks and garbage trucks with motorized mechanisms and \u201cguys\u201d that go with them. We have excavators, bulldozers and dumb trucks galore. Hot Wheels and Little People cars zoom down race tracks, while pop-up books flash monster machines with their fancy names. And this is just our living room.<\/p>\n

At school, kiddos race around in trucks and trikes while squealing over the onsite construction occurring in the parking lot. TRACTOR! DOZER! DIGGER! TRUCK!<\/p>\n

\u266b\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s something about an ice-cold milk \u2013 after a long hard play, makes it taste just right.\u00a0\u266b<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t blame them for getting so excited. When I was their age, I had the same excitement over every cement mixer sighting. I wanted to BE a cement mixer when I grew up.<\/p>\n

\u266b\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s something about a girl in a red sundress. \u266b\u00a0<\/strong>And goodness knows, our little rough and tumble hero here has oft availed his toddling adorableness to woo the ladies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, prior to our construction site encounter, we\u2019d been discussing the day.<\/p>\n

Me: What\u2019d you do at school today, Destroy?<\/p>\n

Destroy: Lola.<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure her father will love hearing this little anecdote. (It\u2019s funny because he\u2019s 2, people. Get your heads out of the gutter.)<\/em><\/p>\n

But who can resist the love of such a handsome little dude. Especially as he\u2019s Bo Duking it across the hood of his Little Tykes police cruiser truck. \u266b\u00a0<\/strong>The most natural thing, you’ve ever felt before. There\u2019s something about a kiss that’s going lead to more.\u00a0\u266b<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHi Mommy. Kiss?\u201d <muah> will pretty much guarantee the boy gets whatever he wants.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t lie. I\u2019m smitten. And I won\u2019t deny, each night that goodnight kiss leads to one more goodnight book, \u201cGoodnight Goodnight Construction Site.\u201d Where the Crane Truck snuggles up with a teddy bear and star, the Cement Mixer gets a bath and a blanket and all the gang get to rest their weary wheels.<\/p>\n

\u266b\u00a0<\/strong>And Lord have mercy, watching my little dudes become aware of the world (or trying to scope out the \u201cBig Truck\u201d), it’s a beautiful thing. \u266b\u00a0<\/strong>Almost as beautiful as the calm that overcomes a parent when a small child agrees to willingly lay quietly. Holding tightly to the yellow toy tractor truck.<\/p>\n

\u266b\u00a0<\/strong>Ain’t nothing about it luck, there\u2019s something about a truck. \u266b\u00a0<\/strong>That\u2019s totally gonna leave a mark in the morning\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The calming chatterboxes in the back of the MomMobile were giggling about the day\u2019s misdeeds, when we rolled to a stop across the street from a recently razed corner market. MOMMEEE!!! DIGGER MOVE DIRT! MIXER! 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