Today was a self-inflicted "lets practice patience" day. I got lots of practice in :) And we are both still alive.
I had this brilliant idea of taking Judah to the mall and letting him walk around until he was good and tired and ready to crash. I didn't take into account the fact that *I* would be cranky - I mean good - and tired way before his little legs needed a break.
Judah loved all the people he could talk to ("Heyyyyy") and all of the clothing racks that he could touch. I promise - his hands were clean.
I put him in the stroller a couple of times just because I needed to walk at a pace faster than a turtle with the weight of the world on his back (albeit a happy turtle!) and Judah was satisfied to sit and watch the world go by, but he was just overjoyed to be able to walk himself. I couldn't deny him that pleasure. And so we spend 4 hours toddling through the mall. (I did actually find some cool napkin rings for SEVENTEEN CENTS each, down from $10 each. I bought the remaining 5, but none of them match. Any ideas for napkin rings?!)
So that was lesson 1 in patience.
At supper time I decided to let him feed himself applesauce.
And then for dessert I let him feed himself a Popsicle. That wasn't so much a lesson in patience as it was in stupidity. Colored (which means it stains), frozen (which means it melts) sugar (which means it sticks) stuff is not my friend. And I here-by proclaim it to not be my son's friend either.
I had this brilliant idea of taking Judah to the mall and letting him walk around until he was good and tired and ready to crash. I didn't take into account the fact that *I* would be cranky - I mean good - and tired way before his little legs needed a break.
Judah loved all the people he could talk to ("Heyyyyy") and all of the clothing racks that he could touch. I promise - his hands were clean.
I put him in the stroller a couple of times just because I needed to walk at a pace faster than a turtle with the weight of the world on his back (albeit a happy turtle!) and Judah was satisfied to sit and watch the world go by, but he was just overjoyed to be able to walk himself. I couldn't deny him that pleasure. And so we spend 4 hours toddling through the mall. (I did actually find some cool napkin rings for SEVENTEEN CENTS each, down from $10 each. I bought the remaining 5, but none of them match. Any ideas for napkin rings?!)
So that was lesson 1 in patience.
At supper time I decided to let him feed himself applesauce.
And then for dessert I let him feed himself a Popsicle. That wasn't so much a lesson in patience as it was in stupidity. Colored (which means it stains), frozen (which means it melts) sugar (which means it sticks) stuff is not my friend. And I here-by proclaim it to not be my son's friend either.
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Patience, yep, you need it, the TT (TERRIBLE TWOS) only last about 4 years. smile
My kids used to love to walk the mall, too! We used to call it "Shopping for nothing!" LOL
My oldest would hold on to the stroller and walk a bit so it wasn't too bad, but #2 was like a bolt of lightening. She'd be off talking to everyone and climbing clothes racks. I had to get one of those wrist leashes for her!
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