Newfound jungle gym

Let me start by saying that there's most likely loads of people who will disagree with my new and exciting toy for my daughter. Let me assure all you nay-sayers, I could give a crap about you and whatever you say nay to. Kisses.

With that, I have a fun and exciting new jungle gym for my daughter; our car. A new routine I've established in our day is I drive my wife to work and come home (we have one car, so this kind of makes sense). Once I park, I turn off the engine and take the keys out of the ignition (a very important step). However, the car keeps the radio and most of the electronics going until I open a door.

So instead, I reach back and unhook my daughter from her carseat and then climb into the passenger seat. She then proceeds to climb from the back into the driver's seat, and while she explores the exciting world of "driving", I sip my coffee and listen to NPR. It is great.

After about 8 minutes, the electronics shut off, and that is more or less our cue to get out and do something different. It's a fantastic routine.

The one downside: whenever my daughter sees our car, she wants to play in it desperately. "Cah!" she screams whenever we're near. Quite cute, but unfortunate that we have to limit that special playtime.