Sometimes I Zone Out

Jacob is talkative and observant and curious. This leads to constant chatter when we're in confined spaces - like the car. The chatter is somewhat more diffuse in the house due to all the other "things to do there." I think that most of the time I try to pay attention, but sadly I'm often thinking about where we're going, why we're going, or the long list of things we need to do later.

So, sometimes I tune out. I think as parents we all do it to a certain degree. You hear moms and dads all the time mutter something to the effect of "um" or "uh-huh" or "nice, sweetie" when a child comes up and asks a question or shares a new and profound insight into the world like "look, there's a bird! And there's another bird! And look mom, another bird!"

Sometimes, however, you accidentally agree to something or confirm something that you don't mean to. For example, we were driving to the baseball game yesterday and Jacob was commenting on the last baseball game we we're at and how we'd seen a truck crash (loudly) on the highway from the parking lot. Jacob said something like "wouldn't it be awesome to see another car crash?" and I was like "yeah, awesome" and Brian (who was apparently paying more attention than I was) chimed in with "NO, that wouldn't be awesome - someone could get hurt in a car crash."

Oh, well, yes, I suppose there's that.