Riding in a Van With a Boy
I’ve been doing a bit of driving lately. This spring has been so beautiful. And, as much as I like sunny spring weather, there is something that I’ve always loved about seeing the green of spring trees against a grey sky.

Most of the time, when I’m driving, I have my youngest son with me. He is a great traveler — I think that part of this is due to being the fourth. When one is the fourth, one automatically gets dragged around everywhere. And he is usually happy to go.

Today we were listening to Frog and Toad while we were driving. If you have children or if you buy gifts for children, I highly recommend this CD. All of my boys love the stories. They are read by Arnold Lobel, the author of the books. He has such a relaxing voice that I told E after awhile that I was going to have to listen to something else, or I was going to fall asleep while driving. So I put on one of the mixed CDs that Jon made me. The third song on there was Thanks I Get by Wilco. I guess that I’ve listened to that song a lot because E immediately started singing along with the song. I told him that he was a great singer and he told me that he knew that he was a great singer.

I love the confidence of 4 year olds.