Heard-ing Cats...Er, Three-Year Olds

We took Troy to the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary again today, but this time we invited his two girl friends Misha and Sasha to come along with us. Our intent was for them to enjoy the new batch of animatronic dinosaurs, but honestly we could have saved the money and the travel time and taken them to the playground instead. All they wanted to do was play in the little ghost town of houses. They made up stories about monsters, castles and knights, cooking, and dinosaurs. And they used the houses, a few beach pails, and a whole lot of dirt to act them out.

It was a nice day, and all of them had fun together. As usual, I was the built-in manny, providing free childcare, while my wife and the girls’ moms chatted. Bad knee and all, I hobbled around engaging them and helping them, like I had three kids instead of one. Someone even asked me how old my kids were, so I guess he thought they were all mine. Fine by me, they’re all great kids. I love each one and their little personality quirks.