New York Driving

So we finally got a nice enough day last weekend where we could give Katelyn her last birthday present. (I write this looking at 3 inches of snow on the ground. But at least we had one nice day.)

She LOVES her bike! She hasn't quite mastered the pedaling yet, or the steering for that matter... But the bell - she's got the ringing thing down! She rings it at every car that passes. Which makes me think of another day not too long ago...

We were driving somewhere, trying to make a right turn. I say "trying" because there was a car in front of us who simply would not go. For those of you who don't live in Colorado, this is pretty common - people here simply can't drive. They love to go slow in the left lane and cannot merge for anything. There was no merging required on this day, we were turning into our very own lane, and still, this lady wouldn't go. I finally got frustrated enough to honk the horn and say, "C'mon lady!" to remind her that, yes, she does indeed have her own lane. She finally goes (yay!) and then from the back seat I hear, "Mommy, beep beep!"

"That's right Katelyn, Mommy went beep beep," was my reply. And then under my breath, "You could probably drive better than this lady."

"Yeah," she said, "I drive. I go beep beep! GET OUT THE WAY!!" Well said, Katelyn. Well said.

So watch out pedestrians, cyclists, and dogs - there is another New York driver on the sidewalks. You can take us out of New York, but you can't take New York out of our offspring!! :)