Backseat Rules

On Sunday we spent 14 hours in the car with our 10 year old and our 3 year old driving back home to Colorado from the Texas Hill Country. The trip is about a thousand miles and normally takes a good 15 hours but thanks to the “Honda with an attitude” that passed us right in front of the Braums Dairy right outside Dumas, Texas (lovely, just lovely) we drove, um, a “little” over the speed limit through New Mexico. The elevated rate of travel plus the “potty-stops-only-when-you’re-in-pain” rule got us here a full hour faster. Yeah.

Somewhere around Eden, Texas (home of “Venison World” where you can purchase deer meat “homegrown in the Garden of Eden” ... wink wink) those of us who rule from the front seat instituted a new rule for those individuals residing in the back seat.

IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT, IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT

This rule was implemented as Wyatt became enraged at Riley, who dared to LOOK OUT HIS WINDOW.

Riley then retaliated with the “big-giant-bug-eye” move that nearly drove Wyatt wild as he fought to reach her from the constraints of his carseat.

Thankfully they were strapped in to their separate corners.

As you can imagine, there were lots of unnecessary words flying around the backseat ... for about a minute ... before the above referenced rule was instated with authority.

IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT. IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT.

The rest of the trip was butter. Even the chain-smoking gas station attendant meandering through the gas pumps in Raton, New Mexico barely got our pulse up. The kids held hands and sang “kum bay yah” the entire trip ... okay, maybe not, but they DID share some beef jerky.

Anyway, Great Rule.

I plan on breaking it a lot on this blog.