Power and Control
If Nietzsche or Foucault wrote this blog, they would have a long, rambling discourse on the meaning of Isaac's infatuation with the window switch in P-Pa's Avalanche. If Homer Simpson wrote this blog, he'd say: "Window Goes Up, Window Goes Down." Those three fellas don't, so I will write this post.
On our fabulous and I do mean fabulous vacation to Ohio, P-Pa placed Isaac's car seat next to a window, as opposed to in the middle of the back seat, like we have it in the Subaru. This allowed Isaac to reach the switch that rolled the window up and down. As you can imagine, the window went up and down A LOT, including once in a car wash, which P-Pa and Nanna found hilarious (though I remember threatening to do the same thing when I was a kid and it was greeted with less laughter). It was a great idea by P-Pa and Isaac played with the window the entire trip. At random moments we'd be stormed by the helicopter effect (opening only one window in a moving car creates a weird pressure build up). It also led to some great picture opportunities, like this one:
Just maxing and relaxing, doing some wind surfing with his hand. Here is a quick video of all the action:
On our fabulous and I do mean fabulous vacation to Ohio, P-Pa placed Isaac's car seat next to a window, as opposed to in the middle of the back seat, like we have it in the Subaru. This allowed Isaac to reach the switch that rolled the window up and down. As you can imagine, the window went up and down A LOT, including once in a car wash, which P-Pa and Nanna found hilarious (though I remember threatening to do the same thing when I was a kid and it was greeted with less laughter). It was a great idea by P-Pa and Isaac played with the window the entire trip. At random moments we'd be stormed by the helicopter effect (opening only one window in a moving car creates a weird pressure build up). It also led to some great picture opportunities, like this one:
Just maxing and relaxing, doing some wind surfing with his hand. Here is a quick video of all the action: