Helicoptors

It seems that 3 year old boys generally go through some very predictable obsessions. Garbage trucks, recycling trucks, excavators, backhoes, dump trucks, etc. Lately, it's helicoptors. He has two special helicoptors that he has recently named Bird and Pillow. I suppose there is probably some logic to those names -- fly like a bird, land on a pillow? Anyway, there is a lot of love there. Sometimes he leaves one in my car while he is at school, to take a nap, and gives it a cuddle when he returns. At night, creative bedtime storytelling ALWAYS stars either a camping trip (more on that later), or Bird and Pillow.

So, while back there was a family day at Camp Mabry, and they had all kinds of helicoptors on display for kids to see up close. Wouldn't you know, there were throngs of boys under five and their dads swarming every one of those displayed. Despite the heat, the crowds and the very pronounced 'i-have-a-napitude' at that late hour, Zach was in heaven. Vivi stuck it out like a champ and was rewarded with some delic ice cream.