The kid has a favorite color--yellow. I know yellow is her favorite color because she endlessly points out things that are yellow, especially yellow cars. As we drive down the road, she joyously yells "LELLOW CAR!" each time she spots one of the little blobs of sunshine on wheels. I don't know how this skill can be turned into gainful employment, but I'm sure if it can be done, Alexis will find her way there.

Probably about two weeks ago, I started thinking this whole LELLOW CAR! thing seemed pretty fun, so I joined in. It didn't take long for my competitive spirit to rear its ugly head. I decided I should try to beat the kid at her own game. I tried to find the yellow cars before she could. As I don't have my own giant head blocking my view out the front window, I sort of had an advantage. So, I beat her to the LELLOW CAR! punch quite a bit. I may have even rubbed in a few times by yelling "Ha! I beat you!" and "You're too slow!" a few times.

I was the LELLOW CAR! Master, and dang proud of it.

Then, suddenly, I wasn't.

I couldn't figure out what happened, but suddenly the kid was managing to yell LELLOW CAR! before I could even catch a glimpse of moving sunshine.

I blamed the fact that I was, you know, DRIVING, and maybe paying a bit more attention to signs, cars making illegal turns in front of me, SUVs trying to run me off the road, making sure I sort of kind of but not really obeyed the speed limit, etc. You know, the things that I should have been doing instead of playing LELLOW CAR!

Admittedly, it annoyed me that I was losing the LELLOW CAR! game. I am, after all, an awesome mom who loves to feel superior to her two-year old by crushing her at every opportunity. If you check the dictionary for "competitive," you will find a picture of me.

Apparently, Alexis is also in that picture.

I figured out why I've been losing the LELLOW CAR! game lately. The little cheater has been LYING and yelling LELLOW CAR! when there was, in fact, no LELLOW CAR! anywhere to be found.

Alexis, it's on. You are so going down.

LELLOW CAR!