You are my Sunshine

You are my Sunshine
Mom, mom, mom! I got to get my clothes ready and I got to take my pens and my coloring pencils and lots of papers, there will be lots of animals on the road and I need to draw them so you know what they look like. Do you think I will be able to see lots of animals from the truck? Aren’t you excited mom? I get to go in the truck with dad, only us boys and wouldn’t it be great if we could go to Texas? I was born in Texas mom, I am a cowboy!!!

~I know baby

My only Sunshine
Mom? Do I need to take money? Will I need to buy stuff??? What if I have to buy something? Dad is going to be working and I am going to be working with him. I know this is not all fun and games, dad says we are going to be rolling all the time, I can work with dad, I am a big boy, I can help him, I can look out for other cars and I can tell him when we have to turn, I am a big boy mami. I know how to read, I can read to dad and I can read the map and I can show him where the states are. Do you know where the states are mami? Don’t worry if you don’t know, I will draw it for you and bring it back, is that ok mom?

That is fine baby.

You make me happy when skies are gray

Mom, what are you and the girls going to do? It’s going to be only boys in the truck and girls in the house. We are going to talk about all the stuff that boys talk about. We are going to talk about predators and wild animals, and guns and wars and all those scary stuff. You don’t like talking about that stuff do you mami? It’s ok, I will talk to daddy, but I know that we are just talking about it. We can’t hurt people or animals. You especially can’t hurt animals, right mami? Mami, when I grow up I want to be a man who takes care of animals and who makes sure they are not extinct. Maybe, I can go around the world rescuing animals and daddy can drive me in his truck, do you think I can do that mami?

You can do anything you want baby.

You’ll never know dear how much I love you
Mom, I am ready, I am going to go all over the United States and I am going to see all the other states and won’t it be cool mami if I see the ocean?? I love the ocean mami, great white sharks and dolphins live there and you can swim. Mom, do you think dad will let me read to him books about animals in the ocean? I hope he does, I brought my other animal books and my other books about zombies and the other books I like to read? Does daddy like to read? Yes, I think daddy likes to read. You love to read too mami, we are all a reading family aren’t we mami??

Yes baby, we are.

Oh please don’t take my sunshine away

Mami? Are you sad mami? Don’t be sad mami! I will be back in 11 days; you can almost count that with your fingers mami. I will be back soon, and I will miss you mami. I am not going to forget you mami, I will be back soon ok, and I will get you postcards and I will call you, can you give me your number so I can call you when I miss you. Oh man! I never had to call you on the phone before. Mami, when I come back I will tell you everything about the road and the truck and the things that I do with daddy. I will take care of daddy, I promise. I can’t drive the truck but I can help him, right mom? I am a big boy mom; I am going to work with dad. I love you mom.

I love you too baby.