daily excitement

Now that school's out for the summer, Kimee and I talk about the things we are going to do each day. I even made up a summer calender for Kimee so she can know when things are (and maybe she won't ask a thousand times when her birthday is). During the day we comment to each other when something is exciting enough that "We will have to tell Daddy about this".

Well, last Wednesday something REALLY exciting happened. Kimee was genuinely so happy and so excited that we got pulled over by a police officer. She told Daddy when he got home, "Two really good things happened today. One, we gave Maddi a bath. And two, Mommy got pulled over by a police officer for going too fast down the hill." I just smiled as she relayed very well what happened. "He gave us a warning." He also checked to make sure they were all in their seats belts. Thank heavens Audrey was, as she has recently learned how to unbuckle herself.

I wasn't going to blog about this, but I thought it was just too cute how happy Kimee was. And I got to thinking that the last time I got pulled over was right before I started teaching at Vineyard 15 years ago. It was on my way home from the school after meeting with the principal and intern coordinator. Now I am just about to start teaching at a new school. (I wasn't on my way to or from the school when I got pulled over though.) Kimee did tell the officer very excitedly that, "We have never been pulled over by a police officer before!" And that may have got me bonus points towards getting a warning and not a ticket.

It was actually a pleasant experience and I wanted to thank the officer for his service, but I didn't want to sound too corny. It's a hard job that doesn't pay much, so thank goodness someone is willing to do it. Kinda like teaching.