My Two Year Old Knows More Than Me!

As a woman, who used to be a girl that played with dolls, wore dresses and had my hair in pigtails, I can honestly say I never, ever imagined I'd have to learn so many different types of trucks. Nor did I imagine an almost two year old would be the one giving me the lessons. This is the type of thing you don't expect when you find out your having a baby boy. You realize you can't buy all the cutest little baby clothes, they're for girls. And you don't get to pick out dolls, or pink bedding with flowers. Those things just make sense. But learning about trucks?

My son will be two at the end of the month, and I can honestly say he knows of more trucks than I do. Foolishly, I thought semi-trucks, were just that, semi-trucks. No matter their load, or trailer type, they were semis. I have been shown that I was wrong. There are container trucks, flat bed trailer trucks, tanker trucks, and I'm sure others I've already forgotten, or I'll learn about soon. All these trucks I used to be able to just call Semis, now have to have their own proper name. These along with tow trucks, garbage trucks, recycle trucks (just like the garbage trucks, before my son I would have still called them garbage trucks, but I now I know that's wrong, because they're blue, not green), cement trucks and fire trucks, not to be confused with ambulances, have become a bit of a thorn in my side.

I also had no idea the frequency with which I passed these things on the road. I always knew i didn't like driving behind semis, but I hadn't realized how many different kinds of trucks i didn't like to drive behind. We are also daily confronted with types of trucks to which I don't know the names. I find myself making them up, "oh that's a bus truck, honey," imagining I'll look it up when I get home so I can tell him the real name. However when we get home, learning new truck names never seems to be a priority.

And then there are tractors. I can't even begin to name all the different types of tractors I'm supposed to know. I've learned enough to know that what I used to call a tractor is, in fact, not. Either they're excavators, bull dozers, trenchers or something else. And with all the construction happening on the highways around our house, it's impossible not to pass some type of "tractor" that needs naming. I frequently find myself taking the long way somewhere just to bypass construction sites because they often cause problems, since my son is not allowed to ride ANY of the tractors, which of course are not really tractors at all.

So this is just a warning if you're pregnant with a baby boy, or already have a baby boy, you might want to brush up on your truck and tractor types. Otherwise, if your son is anything like mine, you'll soon find yourself being schooled by a two year old.