Pedigreed Housewife World

As my kids continue down the path of wanting to be spies, a couple of awesome things have happened. One, the toys are much cooler. I’ll take night vision goggles and walkie talkies over talking Fantastic Gymnastics Dora any day (sorry Dora!). Two, the books are more exciting. Nancy Clancy beats Fancy Nancy any day, I kind of like Young Cam Jansen, and the non-fiction stuff the kids are bringing home is teaching me along with the kids. Not to mention that the kids have their noses in books more and more, which is generally a good thing. But the third great outcome of the recent spy obsession is that the kids are much more observant lately (blame the binoculars). All kinds of little every day things require additional exploration. One of the biggest things that the kids are all about understanding is how the roads work. You see, as spies they might be tapped at any moment, given keys to a fancy car, and sent on a secret mission. As such, they need to really understa