Kate in the car

Kate has (almost) always been entertaining in the car. As an infant and just like our other 2, Kate would frequently end up screaming on almost every car ride when I was driving. Evidently our kids did not scream when I was not in the car. I have never been able to figure out why (and I'm quite sure its not any of the things you are all thinking!) Last year, when Kate was 2, one way to distract her from screaming at Christmastime was to point out the lights. Because of our excitement in an attempt to redirect her attention, she got really excited about lights. She would yell "Lights!" every time she saw some. Of course this continued even after Christmas decorations were taken down. Any somewhat bright grouping of lights resulted in a shout. I'm not sure when it started, but Kate became intrigued by water towers. (I think it was the next means of distraction to keep her from screaming.) Soon she would point out every water tower she saw... and keep yelling "Water Tower!" until someone acknowledged her by finding it. She still will occasionally notice water towers as we are driving.