"Daddy Airpene!"

Nicky is always very curious as to the whereabouts of the parent that is not within his sights. Usually when Daddy is not around and the question "daddy go?" is posed, the answer is "Daddy is at work." However, this week, Daddy is on a mancation in New Orleans for a friend's bachelor party. (sidebar - why is it that boys always seem to need to celebrate the bachelor party accompanied by a trip somewhere and girls tend to just have a one-time hen night? just curious...). Anyway - on our way home from school the other day, Nicky asked me where Daddy was and I told him "Daddy went on a trip. He'll be back on Sunday." Nicky then replied with "oh. daddy car?"; to which I replied "No, Daddy flew on an airplane." After a moment thinking about this, Nicky said "airpene. in sky." I agreed and then Nicky told me he wanted to go in an airpene and that Momma would go too. He told me he wanted to go on a trip and when we got home, he went straight to his airpene to play and pretend to go on a trip! Ever since our discussion of Daddy's trip, when Nicky either hears or sees an airplane he shouts "daddy airpene!".