The weather has been unusual in Ireland for this past 4 days especially. We don't normally get a lot of snow and we're not totally prepared for it to be honest. So 4 days later, 3 of which have had pretty much constant snowfall on the east side of the country, and I think people are getting a bit tired of being boxed in by the weather.
Anyway it was kind of interesting being there in the car with my 6 year old and my 4 year old sons. Naturally the 4 year old fell asleep on the back seat and he was pretty much out for the count for the whole arduous journey.
The 6 year old was a different prospect. He has such an interesting take on life. For him everything is interesting and everything is there to be understood. So the two hours was long, dull and pretty much going nowhere fast. But the 2 hours spent chatting with him about snow, traffic, other motorists (!) and everything else that came up was really great.
Eventually he and I agreed on an escape plan. We decided we'd turn off the main route and risk taking the back roads. It took an age to get to the turn itself but once we did we agreed that we both decided to turn off the main road.
It turned out great.
We ended the journey with a sense of what I once heard described as "complicité", a kind of shared experience that bonds people together.
Granted this was no "Alive" but it sure was good to get home and it was fun chatting to my son.
Naturally as soon as we did get home the Wii was powered up and I was once again relegated to my previous role of "that's just my dad".
p.s. I'm not sure why I linked the word Wii for people who don't know what a Wii is. Is it possible that there are people out there who don't yet know what a Wii is?
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