Do they call them "footprints"?

This weekend we went to the Poconos again. I find it so refreshing and calming to be there, that 90 minutes drive does not bother me at all! The girls are excited to go to our country house, and I know the way so well that can probably get there with my eyes shut. And we've even been playing with the idea of moving there permanently. There are two things that are holding us back, two major ones I'd say: Mirek's job and homeschooling.

As Mirek works for himself, it should not be such a big problem. But to establish clientele it took him five years working hard in NJ, so he doesn't want to let it go down the drain. And as I've learned that PA is one of the five states that are so- called "Red Flag States" for homeschooling, it holds me back. As for the other part of the convenience of having everything at your fingertips, I guess you just get used to driving everywhere instead of walking.

We were at the lake beach and Ivana was teaching Leona how to spot and recognize the footprints. There were footprints of deer, geese, wild turkeys, dogs and humans. Then she asked me, "Mommy, why are these called footprints? Deer don't have feet, they have hoofs, dogs have paws, and only people have feet." It got me thinking. Why a "parkway" is called a "parkway", and a "driveway" a "driveway"? Isn't it supposed to be the other way around? And why "American Football" is called "football" when the players are carrying the ball in their hands, and European football is called "soccer", when all the players are doing is actually kicking the ball with their feet? Life is full of absurd things, and our responsibility is to teach our kids how to coexist with them.

I guess from now we'll be calling deer fotprints "tracks". Or maybe that's what they are actually called...