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Last week I got "corrected"
Regular readers of my blog will know that he is only just three years
old, but he is so bright and so very comical.
I had picked Hugo up from child care and brought him back to our place
for the evening. I asked him what he wanted to do and he said “Watch “Cars” and
play cars.” Cars are pretty much the most awesome thing in Hugo’s world and I
think we’ve watched the movie “Cars” together at least 345,212 times (okay –
that’s an exaggeration). He’d had a big day at child care so we put on the
movie and relaxed together until Kirby came home and we could have dinner.
There is a scene in the “Cars” movie which is very funny – actually there
are many scenes that are funny – but this is one I particularly like. There is
a scene where two of the characters (animated cars Mater and Lightening
McQueen) are tractor tipping in a field (the equivalent of cow tipping!). Mater
had warned McQueen to beware of Frank. McQueen had no idea who or what Frank was,
until a roar and big beams of light came from behind a hill. Frank is a
thresher who looks after the tractors and he was none too happy at Mater and McQueen
tipping them over.
McQueen and Mater took off through the field to get to the fence before
Frank could catch them.
All enthused, I yelled “Run, Lightening, run!”
Hugo threw me a look of surprise. Then he said “Aunty Kate, McQueen is a
car – he has wheels, he can’t run, he has to drive really fast.”
I was definitely corrected! But, the way Hugo said it was more of the
tone that he wanted me to understand, and not that he thought I was silly.
Although I admit I felt a bit silly!
I love that kid so much. He is kind, intelligent, and basically a good
soul. I will always love him no matter what, but he is one of those children that
I know I will like when he is an adult regardless of whether he was related to
me or not.
When I look at Hugo, I wonder what our children would have been like and
what they would have been interested in. I’m sure cars would have been high on
their list if they were anything like their Dad, and they would have loved
animals and nature if they were anything like me. I wish we could have given
Hugo cousins here in Australia – he does have cousins, but they live in another
country.
When I see Hugo I could be sad at the reminder that Kirby and I have no children
– but I don’t. I just see a little boy who I adore, and I couldn’t imagine life
without him.
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