No (and pop-ups)

One of Johanna's favorite words is "no." And it's pretty cute. Sometimes she draws it out in a long, playful "niaaooooo." Sometimes it's upset (when she's tired). Sometimes its in response to a question she doesn't understand.

For example, driving back in the car from Wisconsin this weekend, Evie started asking Johanna (while her car seat was still facing backward so she could see the kids), "Do you want to ride on a horse?" And Johanna answered with a simple "no." It went on and on:

"Do you want to ride on a house?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a book?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a pony?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a car?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a pillow?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a puppy?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a blanket?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a cracker?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a sandwich?" "No."
"Do you want to ride on a cheek?" "No."

Evie was cracking up, and Johanna enjoyed the attention.

Meanwhile, William created his own pop-up book of "the four heads, the ones in the rock" (Mount Rushmore). I helped him spell each president's name, and he did the rest, carefully cutting little tabs out of the paper and bending them back the opposite way, and drawing in pen four heads, with arrows point to each of them, next to the words "This is" and the explanation at the bottom "These are the presidents."

It was a good road trip.