Part of Project Keep Mila From Burning the House Down involves keeping her busy. And contained. Strapped into some sort of chair is ideal. Go ahead and judge me for that because the best way to keep her strapped into some sort of chair is to go for a bike ride. She sits in a little trailer and very happily follows me as I roll down a trail or two.
And I do mean VERY happily.
Lately Alexis and I have preferred a 7-mile trek down a particular trail that includes a little spot to stop and watch some frogs and turtles in a pond. Alexis is mostly in it so she can dance by the pond while Mila watches the frogs dance, but that works. Everybody should get to do what makes them happy.
Singing makes them both happy, by the way. Alexis sings for most of the bike ride. Right now she's been in a Despecito sort of mood, which would be find except that she doesn't know the words, so she sings like one line of it. Over and over.
I stay a little ways behind her as we bike. It's better that way. Ahem.
Mila sings, too. Today's song of choice was "Ring Around the Rosie." We all fall down, just so you know. Over and over. Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, WE ALL FALL DOWN ::cackle::cackle::cackle::
It goes just like that with her. She yells the part about falling down and then giggles. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
It's freakin' adorable.
UNTIL IT HAPPENS.
My soundtrack was playing at the exact moment that I miscalculated a steel post sticking out of the ground. I was trying to navigate between two of them -- barriers that are intended to keep cars off the trail -- when I went a little too far left and caught one of the tires from Mila's chariot on the post. The trailer stopped, the bike stopped ... I didn't stop.
I fell down, so to speak.
Mila howled with laughter. HOWLED. The kid had little tears falling down her cheeks because she was laughing so hard. When she recovered, she went back to singing her song.
So there's the answer to one of my life's questions. I've always wondered what sort of person could enjoy a Three Stooges movie and there it is. Mila. Mila thinks people crashing is hilarious.
