Leela was a sleepy baby, who because she was born just a little earlier than expected, decided she'd sleep as long as she could. But then, she made great strides. And finally, she decided, at age 2 &1/2 to ask, before we took the girls back, "Can I drive?" To which her older, wiser sister (by another 2 &1/2 years), Naia, told her, no, she could not drive "until you're a grown up". Here is the "art" of my imagination at work, picturing what that drive home would have been like. I call it, "Leela at the Wheel".You'd think it might end here, but when Grandpa was driving the girls home a following time, she said, "Grandpa, you're going too fast. (as he was driving at the speed limit) Turn here, Grandpa. You can go now, Grandpa...." (as the light turned red).
At a later time, when I was getting Naia ready inside, Grandpa was taking Leela outside. Leela sneeked into the driver's side as he was opening the front door and said, "Key." So, he had to literally pick her up and place her in her backseat carseat. This, she did not like, as it interfered with her plans.
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