The Year of the Tree
Sticks are in. Until they're not.
Every once in a while our tree out front sheds a branch.
If I were more in tune with my lawn I would run out and pick it up but what happens is that the stick rests quietly there until I mow the lawn and pick it up weeks later.
At least that’s what happened pre-child. Now, it’s entire different ballgame.
These days it seems any rock/stick or other sharp object found in the yard is the perfect thing to play with. If it’s sharp and pointy and can be run with even better.
Bonus points if you get it near mommy’s new car.
Thus, the child has heard a lot of “Put down thes stick! You’re going to poke your eye out”. This is said while the child has somehow wrapped the stick in her shirt where the sharp end is inches away from eyeballs or ears or faces. It’s not good.
My favorite is when she’s on the scooter with the stick - should I just call the emergency room now and make a reservation so they know we are coming?
Somehow I manage to get the stick away from the child and we’re all good right? This means the lesson about sticks has been learned and I have been a good parent explaining why riding a scooter with a stick that is bigger than you is generally a bad idea.
Oh, no.
Today when I went to pick her up from camp she handed me a stick with a rubber band.
“Here Dad, Here’s your tracker”
“My What?”
“Your tracker, you know - so we can find each other”
“Ah, I see”
I can see where she sourced the sticks because she is at camp and there’s more than a few trees to source from but she then had them tied to her arms with elastic bands which I assume she got from the staff? I have no idea.
Of course we had to take the trackers home with us and show mommy our trackers - after which the novelty ran out and they lay abandoned on our kitchen table.
I really hope this is the last of the sticks, but it seems that this is the summer she’s stuck on sticks and the summer is not over yet so who knows?
But then at bedtime she tells me she wants a Nintendo Switch 2 because then she could play Super Mario Cart. 1
Maybe this playing with sticks isn’t so bad after all. It’s cheaper, that’s for sure.
Until Next Time,
TH and Co.
Where the heck does she learn about this stuff?