Isaac was a three year boy who couldn't be discouraged and who would definitely be diagnosed with "ADD" or some other attention disorder if we didn't home-school him. He certainly can make or break your enjoyment of a given time period. My wife and Isaac and the other kids were at a get together with other home-school families at a private park. There were other folks there as well because this is a popular local swimming/fishing hole on a scenic creek in Tennessee. One older gray headed gentlman was tending to his grandkids. He was wearing what you might expect, overalls etc. My son notices him and begins calling on him verly loudly, HEE HAW! HEY HEE HAW! To this day, my wife and I can't figure out where he got that term. We swear he has never seen the show.
That wasn't enough. He always wants to go places with me. I can't start towards my shoes without him practically static clinging to me. So on one occassion I took him to the big truck parts place to get some things for an 18 wheeler. I was standing at the counter as Isaac was circling back and forth through my legs. I noticed a tall black man walking into the parts area. As the man was about to pass by where I stood, Isaac jumped out from behind me, spread his legs shoulder wide as if he would stop the man, threw his hand out towards the man pointing, and began shaking his rear while yelling HIP HOP! I thought he was going to chase the ole guy down yelling HIP HOP over and over. The parts guys were in tears as we could hear the black man laughing his way down the hall.
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