Cars, cars, and more cars

Owen has a love for cars and it is serious. It has been like this for a while, but we have reached a new level. He used to be able to spot a mail truck from half a mile away. He would run to the window to see the garbage truck on trash days. We thought this was pretty impressive for a 2 year old but kind of normal since he was learning about all the different types of vehicles. Now that he is close to 3, he knows the following specific cars and he tells you EVERY time he sees them.

· Daddy’s car (black Chevy Trailblazer)
· Mommy’s car (gray Honda Odyssey)
· Mommy’s old car (gray GMC Acadia)
· Our old car (Gaga and Pop’s black Suburban)
· Gaga’s Car (black Volvo stationwagon)
· Pops’ car (white Volvo)
· MawMaw and PawPaw’s car (gold Toyota Prius)
· Sissy’s Car (black Volvo)
· Uncle Lea’s white truck (white F-150)
· Aunt C’s car (silver 4-runner)

The funny thing is that he isn’t easily confused. On occasion, he mixes up similarly colored minivans for mommy’s car, but he nails a Trailblazer and an Acadia every time. If he sees a black Ford Explorer or Tahoe, he doesn’t flinch, he says nothing. I know plenty of adults (my sister included) who couldn’t tell the difference between any number of black SUVs!!

He looked at the race car in his Bless Me book and thought that it looked like MawMaw and PawPaw’s car. Come to find out upon a closer look, it has a flat back like their car…a Ferrari isn’t a Prius, but the drawing in the book made them look similar in shape so I think that is what he was going for.

“That’s Owen’s car”

“I’m gonna drive that car”

“That’s a nice car”

He wants to know whose car I am taking to work. He wants you to know you that our “vini-man” is parked in the garage. We recently passed a big truck going to a dealership and he yelled out in the car…”look at that car transporter!”

The kid is a car genius.