I'm driving home this evening and it's 'rush hour'. Now admittedly it's not Seattle or anything but driving in traffic makes me tense. I was also skitty because it was dark. Which is really weird because I used to always love to drive in the dark, but in the last year or so I've found that it makes me nervous.

So, anyway, there I am, doubly tense and trying to hurry so I can get home to make dinner. A car merges in front of me and from the backseat I hear...

"Hurry up, they're taking our spot!!!"

Followed shortly by...

"I don't like how you drive, Daddy doesn't drive like that, why are you a slowpoke?"

For a moment I thought I might have accidentally buckled my father into the carseat but no, no it's Kathrynn. Yes, my darling five year old is now officially a backseat driver.

Not only is she making negative comments about my driving but she's using my husband as a 'better' example of good driving.

I really just don't get this child and it's pretty clear she doesn't get me either.

She frequently gets upset if we're waiting at a stoplight and when the light turns green we aren't the first ones 'out of the gate'. She's so competitive she thinks it's a race and screams at me that the other cars are 'winning'. If I am the first car to move she cheers wildly.

She's also been known to cuss out other drivers who are going 'too slow'.

Did I mention already that she's five? FIVE! I didn't pay any attention to anything beyond the car window until I was 16 or 17 at least. She gets mad at me if I stop at a yellow light? What kids recognizes these things?

Do you feel my pain?