Elijah Brooks, being his sweet little "boy self", loves wheels (anything with wheels). Our very kind next door neighbor, Cornelius, just took a new job driving an 18-wheeler. We have grown very fond of this gentleman and I think the feeling is mutual (or at least I hope that it is)! He has been promising Elijah Brooks for about a month now that he could come "drive" his truck with him. Every day, I am reminded by a blond-haired little boy of this fact! Well, last Saturday, we finally were able to get our schedules to aligned and we drove to a remote area in town where the truck is parked. I wish I had been able to capture the initial expression on EB's face when we pulled up and he saw it, and Mr. Cornelius standing beside it. Priceless! We spent about an hour with him, taking a "tour" of his truck and getting the truck driver scoop on all of us other drivers who really do not know what these men (and women) deal with on a daily basis while maneuvering around all of the cars on the interstate. It was pretty enlightening actually, and I have a new-found respect for truck drivers. Anyway, little did we know that we were actually going to get to go on a real ride with him. I probably shouldn't blog that our son sat perched upon his Daddy's knee on a bunk bed in the back of a "big rig" for about 20 minutes on our drive, while I sat in the front seat getting a bird's eye view. Illegal? YES. Fun? Absolutely. Hey, they were sitting on the bottom bunk if that makes any of you feel any better.
I haven't seen a happier little boy in a long time. It was a very fun outing, and I feel like our friendship with our neighbor deepened just a little bit more on this adventure.
Good times!
This is the face of one very happy little boy!
Hanging out on the bunk bed
3 comments:
What a great opportunity! I am sure EB will be talking about this special morning for weeks to come.
How awesome is that? He looks so delighted!
That is soooooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!! He looks like he is in little boy heaven!!!!
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