Cruising With Nathan

I know that summer is really here because five-year-old Nathan has started cruising. For him, this means that we crank the car stereo on the way to daycare. He likes to choose the music for best effect: Johnny Cash, maybe; or one of the Shrek soundtracks; today it was something from my collection of Spanish-language dance music. We put on "Sopa de Caracol" and he rolls all the windows down. Then he reclines as much as he can in his booster seat and waves at people on the sidewalk, his eyes sort of half-lidded, so he'll look cool. He wants me to drive a little bit slow and is constantly asking for the music to be turned up "One more second. Louder. Turn it up another second." All he needs is low-rider.