Thursday, August 6, 2009

I really need a picture for this

But I was being lazy, so you get my description...

We found a Cozy Coupe car a month ago- we (Sonia and I) were driving home in the Civic after getting Sonia's ear's pierced and I made sure I stopped good and long at the stop sign I got that dumb ticket at.

I look to my right eying the police car parked there looking for signs of life in it.. and (it's garbage night) and there is someone throwing one of those Cozy Coupes out- ya know the big bright yellow with orange roof that toddlers get in and scoot around with their feet?

And it's in reasonable shape. So I pull up and ask "if you're throwing that out, do you mind if I take it"

And the guy says "sure, there are 2 we're getting rid of"

(uh, wow... and as I'm there his wife is putting out another, a scooter, and kids chairs)

So I try cramming in the trunk, settling for balancing it somewhat and leave the trunk open (we're not going all that far) and then stash it in the back yard before I have to admit to Larry that I picked through someone else's garbage... never mind that if I had more trunk space I just might have taken the other and the scooter and chairs...I'm sure I could find a better home for them than the landfill.

And the kids love it. And they also think the people throwing 2 of those our were crazy and wasteful.

BUT..

It's a 1 seater car.

I have 4 kids

Not to worry... I have resourceful kids.

And I walk outdoors and see one of them inside the car scooting it around with their feet and another on the roof of it.

And.. I know my kids- I'll tell them "stop, you'll get hurt" and as soon as I'm out of sight or in the 2 nanoseconds it takes them to forget they'll be doing it again.

So I say "That is an accident waiting to happen"

And they giggle and ignore me,. the one on the roof tells me she's not going to get hurt since she's holding on.

And I turn my back, heading back into the kitchen and I hear one call to another-

"HEY wanna play a new game? it's called accident waiting to happen"

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