The Car Wash

Evan is infatuated with the car wash. He is really afraid of going into an automated car wash, but is interested in everything about a car wash. He has gone through a car wash a couple times and doesn't like it. He says it's dark and noisy and refuses to go through them again.

However, his favorite toy at the gym play area is a car wash toy. At one visit, he had a huge meltdown because a big boy tried to take the car wash toy away from him. Now, any toy that has tassels or streamers is like the car wash. Anything that looks like a brush or broom is like the car wash. On every car ride, he asks that I point out the car wash to him as we drive. He uses his water color paint brush to wash his garbage truck, a sponge to polish it, and his broom to scrub the tires.

Now that it's slowly warming up, we will be able to wash the car at home more often. Last week, I told Evan that we could wash the car after his nap. He woke up asking to wash the car. I asked if he wanted to watch his Backyardigans on tv first (since that is what he does every other day) and he said no. So we went straight outside to wash the car. He helped me scrub the tires and soap up the car.