My son loves everything that has a motor: cars, trucks, planes, boats, trains...He also loves all movies about vehicles. He particularly loves Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. We've watched it several times (wink wink).

At the grocery store, Alberto enjoys the shopping carts that are designed to look like cars, of course. But, unlike other kids I see happily munching their cheerios in the car carts, my son likes to get out of the cart, get down on the floor, pretend to be tinkering with the engine - just like Mr. Potts! He also likes it when I pretend to be Truly Scrumptious and say "Mr. Potts?" so he can pretend to bang his head on the underside of the car cart - just like Mr. Potts!

I love all the advice about how to make shopping trips easier with kids, but every once in a while I let him pretend he's Mr. Potts in the bread aisle, just to lighten my mood.

Any other moms of vehicle lovers out there? What's your favorite story? Have you visited any great construction sites lately? I'll bet you can differentiate between a back hoe and an excavator like I can (now that I'm a mom!?!).