Red means stop

This morning on our way to work/school Toby screamed out in the backseat "Mommy! Red means stop!!!" I slammed my brakes on I envisioned myself getting ready to commit a major traffic infraction. Then he giggled and said "red means stop and green means go slow." Apparently he saw all of the tail lights lit up because it was a rainy morning and people had their headlights on. So I had to explain to him how cars work... and that green only means go slow if you live anyplace that ends in the word Village or Center (i.e. The Villages, Century Village, Sun Ciy Center).

Then he asked me what those giant orange traffic barrels are for. I told him to keep people from driving where they are placed (hope that's right). He was quiet for a minute and said "their batteries must be broken"... he saw some of them had lights that were lit up but most of them didn't... gave me a little chuckle. How often do we drive by things and never notice them... pretty cool to get to see things with the eyes and mind of a child.