Last week I posted a picture that makes me smile whenever I see it. And since no one complained, I’m sharing another one of those pictures this week.
When my son, Marshall, was eighteen months old, Santa brought him…..(game show announcer voice)… “A NEW CAR”!! I wish it had come with an odometer. It would be nice to know how many miles he “drove” that little car. Note: although this is an adorable picture, it isn’t the smile photo.
It was the same Christmas that his “Goggie”, my mom, made that snazzy little blue robe for him. Goggie’s sitting in the rocker in the background.
Miles and miles all around the house, he drove that little car. Not one oil change, and we never had to replace the tires. And since it was powered by a Fred Flintstone-type motor, we never had engine problems. Note: this is a cute picture, but the smile photo is still to come.
One day, Marshall was suspiciously quiet, and I went to check on him. This is what I found.
Somehow he had managed to put the car in this little crib (NOT the one he was sleeping in at the time), climb into the crib and then get in the driver’s seat. And from the look on his face, he was rather proud of himself.
THIS is the picture that makes me smile. Every time.
these days of mine 
I’ve never seen either of these pictures. I’ll bet he didn’t smile that big when he got the Camaro!! But then there’s nothing like a “man’s” very first car. After all, the Camaro was the second one. LOL!
I know you still wonder how he got that “car” in the crib…I know I’ll wonder about it every time I think about the picture!!
I have absolutely no memory of how I got that in the crib, but I’d have to say that I WAS proud of it!
That Marshall is something else, even at an early age. And I see he started wearing baseball caps at an early age. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, my – I can see you had your hands full with that one!!!! What great pictures/memories!! TFS
What great pictures. I bet it seems like yesterday sometimes. I know it does for me with my daughter but then when I look at my 19 yr old grandson, I know it wasn’t yesterday.
What a wonderful memory you hold with this picture. Which is exactly why I love photography!
Pretty funny, Marshall 🙂