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Tayte, Baby Shaye and I enjoy a fifteen minute drive to the babysitters house about 6:15am every morning.   I am a morning person, but not to the degree Tayte is.  He wakes up spouting off possible plans for the day and pointing out everything in our path.  I am just trying to figure out how late I am going to be and mentally inventing a coffee warmer for the Womb on Wheels.

Sometimes I try to think of things to say to stop him from talking, so the other day we were talking about the sunrise.  I was teaching him about sunRISE and sunSET.  He says sunset is when the sun goes under the grass.  (Think about it for a minute like I had to....it makes sense.) This conversation naturally progressed to the idea of east and west - I have been trying to teach my fourteen year old who will soon be able to take driver's ed directions - I figured I would just teach Tayte too.  (Maybe with an eleven year head start Tayte will be better at directions than Ty.)

A couple of days later I was in the car with The Coach and Tayte and remembered our lesson.   Anticipating a stunning correct answer I oh so proudly asked, "Tayte, what direction are we going."  He triumphantly replied, "West!"  I told him he was right and what a good job he had done. 

I glanced at The Coach and he looked unimpressed.  All indignant I said, "Well aren't you glad I have been teaching him directions."

"No." he replied. 

Truly insulted and thinking my husband had no appreciation for my hard educational work I asked. "Well why in the hell not?"

"Because we are going straight EAST, Heather."

Oh.  Oops.

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.  We are all gearing up for the Turkey Trot and some football, and a little shopping.  Enjoy your families!!