Seefood

Soen has really taken to reading lately. He even likes to read Sadie a book at night. Tonight he was reading Green Eggs and Ham and she was chiming in.

In other news, Sadie has my see-food diet. Her new thing is carrots. She never used to like carrots. Then she started watching Bugs Bunny. Now all it takes is for her to hear the music and she starts asking us for a carrot. Good thing Bugs Bunny doesn't drink wine.

RV crazy

Sadie strikes a pose in her new hot pink 'kini.

A year ago or so, Soen and I had a morning to ourselves. And as we was driving up the main drag, looking for things to do I saw this RV place that I'd passed so many times before and thought perhaps Soen would like to check them out. We climbed into every RV on the lot and Soen was just blown away by the whole concept. But he especially loved this one that had a bunk bed over the driver's cabin and--best of all--a TV that would sit inches from his face.

Ever since that day he's been asking, on a weekly basis, "Dad, when are we gonna get an RV?" And I've been replying: "We'll rent one one of these days, Soen, I promise."

The other day Wife had a great idea. For his birthday, we're going to rent an RV for the weekend. She told him one day recently when he was in a bad mood about something and his mood changed instantly.

Now, instead of asking when we're going to get an RV he monitors our spending to make sure we save up enough money for this RV trip. Literally every time we purchase something he steps in and says, "No! We have to save money for the RV!" And we have to talk him down off the ledge and explain that getting a haircut isn't going to put the RV out of range.

I just hope that when we eventually do rent the RV that he's not disappointed. We'll see.