I Spy

Once upon a visit, Nathan's mom taught David how to play "I Spy" during a car ride.  On their most recent visit, Daniel decided he wanted to play, too.  He kind of gets it, but kind of not.  For example:

Me: I spy something... black.
Daniel: Is it outside the car?
Me: Yes.
Daniel: Okay, my turn!

At least it takes the pressure off having to spy something he can actually guess in a moving vehicle.  It gets even more interesting when it's Daniel's turn.  He usually spies something "black and yellow," but that's not a dependable description because it could really be anything at all, regardless of color.  One time he spied black and yellow and it was a tree--before the autumn colors had come to our neck of the woods.  And sometimes he spies things that are nowhere in sight.  This morning I spied something green (traffic light) and he insisted the answer was a school bus.  No school busses in sight.  Not even black and yellow ones.

A couple weeks ago I watched his little friend Tanner for the afternoon and they played I Spy on the way to pick David up from school.  I don't remember their dialogue, but imagine two little guys playing a la Daniel, and it's pretty comical.  I do recall that Tanner would say "I Spy something orange" and then proceed to name everything in sight that was orange.  It kept them entertained, though, so who am I to complain?