Baby Drag Racing, and Other Fun Things Kids Do

It's becoming a Fall tradition that friends drop by our house early on Saturday afternoons and stay through the evening to watch as much football as possible. In years past, I would have enjoyed the games, eaten way too much (I still actually do that), talked a lot, and stayed pretty relaxed the entire day. How the times have changed! This Fall, it was all about the babies, and they loved every minute of it.
Our neighbor, Kelly, recently turned two years old, and for his birthday, he got a motorized John Deer Gator. This toy soon became the envy of every child who ever came to play on our street, and most days there is a lot of biting, hitting, yelling, and pushing to be the one who gets the driver's seat. You can imagine our amazement, then, when this particular Saturday, we got four kids not only just to sit in the Gator but also to be fairly happy about it.

Kelly and Canon are more aggressive toward one another than the others, so we were especially happy to get this photo.

And, of course, we have to have one of Canon with his first girlfriend, Ava.

As usual, we eventually had to put the Gator away just to keep the peace, but that is when the real fun started. Baby Drag Racing! I'm not exactly sure how it started because I came upon the scene long after it began. What I do know is that it kept these toddlers happily occupied for longer than any other activity we have found since.
Baby Drag Racing goes a lot like this:

Line three cars at the top of a slight hill, count backwards from three, and let them roll. Luke, being the oldest and definitely most advanced of all the babies, could do the countdown by himself with no mistakes. Canon, the next in line, had the tone right for each number, but they all sounded like "uh" or "ooh."
It was so much fun watching them roll. The adults definitely had more fun than the kids. Sometimes the cars would be set up at a slight angle, and two cars would collide. Occasionally, a child would hit the grass at the end of the sidewalk going too fast, then fall over forward on his face. Because it didn't hurt, it was hilarious! I'll just have to show you . . .

Good night!