Aug 23 2005
Oh what a night!
I won the Little Tykes racecar bed on eBay yesterday. I drove to Jersey City today to pick it up. Mom and I sat in traffic less than ten minutes from the seller’s home and it took us close to an hour and a half to travel that ten minute distance due to a four-lane to one-lane merge and a detour. There was a sign on the detour road that said “road may be flooded” I chuckled and said, I doubt it will be flooded today…sure enough, the road was flooded but we made it through without incident. Our trip home was smooth-sailing—including lunch and gas/bathroom breaks it took us four hours to get back.
The toddler bed is an absolute hit with AJ! When we brought it into the house, he kept saying “My race car!” “Race car bed” When we had it set up in his room, he couldn’t wait to climb on. “My bed!” John told him I was going to put sheets on and he repeated until the task was complete “Sheets on Mommy.” He wanted a pillow and so John gave up his extra pillow until we can get him another one and that brought on “AJ’s pillow.” “My bed. My pillow. My race car.”
He went to bed without a peep tonight. John tucked him under a blanket and he’s there now sound asleep clutching his dump truck in his right hand.
It was absolutely worth the 9 hour round-trip to pick it up!
