Hot Shot Booger Snot

*Day 291*

Logan at about 2 1/2 "helping" with the dishes.

Today while I was doing the dishes, Logan was in the kitchen putting the silverware away.  He was chatting away (big surprise).  First he was telling me which forks you have to put on the bottom or top because they make the pile tip over.  (They don't match the rest of the silverware.)  Then he went through it again with the spoons.  Then he kept saying "hot shot booger snot".  And talking about it.  There's a story to it.  I told it to Logan one day. 

We have very nice neighbors who, for the past three years, have shared their garden space with us.  They also let us borrow their garden tools.  One day were in the garage getting some tools to use in the garden.  They have one of those tings on the wall that all the garden tools hang on.  And as we were getting the tools I told Logan this story.

When we were kids, my dad was working in the garage one day.  We went in and asked him what he was making.  He said "a hot shot booger snot".  As it turns out, a hot shot booger snot is one of those things that hangs on the wall that holds your shovels and stuff.  Because that's what was hanging in the garage when he was done working in there.  I don't know what what they are really called, if they have a name, but I guess in our family, it's called a hot shot booger snot.  (And I thought it was a totally cool that my dad made one.  I had never seen one, and to me it was the most ingenious idea ever.  Just another one of the amazing things my dad can make.)

I think I told Logan that story three years ago.  A few weeks ago when we were digging carrots, I asked him to go and find a shovel.  And he says, "in the hot shot booger snot?"  Of course, where else would you find one?!   Today he was talking about it.  He asked me if grandma and grandpa still had theirs.  I said I was pretty sure they did.  He told me I would have to show it to him when we visit next time. 

You just can't tell what will have an impact on your child's life.