Mustang, "No It's A RACE CAR!!!!"

I must have missed the chapter in the toddler book that described the moment when your 2 1/2 year old becomes all-knowing about the world.

Last night, we were driving home from our 1st experience at Chuck E. Cheese when I pointed out a white Mustang driving down the highway to Garrett. He didn't miss a beat and emphatically told me that it was not a Mustang, "it is a RACE CAR!!!!" It is not that Garrett doesn't know what a Mustang is...for those of you that don't know, Garrett's Dad is the proud owner of a '66 Mustang Fastback so Garrett KNOWS what a Mustang is and what they look like.
No, this is not the first time that Garrett has had to correct me, in fact, it is becoming a very common event. If I say it is black, he says it is white or for example when I told him that he is my son and he had to correct me by informing me that he is not my son, he is his daddy's son (and in some ways that is SOOO true - lol). It is even funnier when he asks me what something is and I tell him, then he corrects me by telling me what it really is! And, he is so passionate (code word - LOUD and YELLING) when he has to tell me these things.

I recall a moment, a very humbling one of mine, when my Mom told me that "it is great that you know everything, but sometimes it is better to keep it to yourself!" Of course being the teenager that I was, I just thought to myself - whatever, Mom, what do you know! As I reflect back, it's funny how people will tell you that "you just wait until you get older and have kids of your own"...that comment is oh so true. I just never knew that my moment of enlightenment would come at such an early stage in my son's life. I can understand it very much so as a teenager...but as a 2 1/2 year old?

Oh, the joys of motherhood! I laugh to myself everytime Garrett starts to argue with me and think ~ we have only just begun!