Walking Chaos
Jul 13th, 2007 by mom
I did something very, very brave yesterday. I took my 2 kids to the mall by myself! Though I have the double stroller, I felt like it would be too big to maneuver through the department stores. Instead, I took the normal stroller and the front carrier.
I felt like a crazy woman as I trucked through the stores. My anxiety level was high, but I was determined. I played fun mom for a few minutes and paid for my son to ride the mechanical tractor and helicopter. I had to bribe him with other fun things to get him to get back in the stroller. Anxiety got worse.
Walking through stores at warp speed, obviously I wasn’t able to do any real shopping (good for the budget, bad for the enjoyment factor). Anytime I got into a slower mode, I had to watch for little paws grabbing at whatever was at stroller height and steer clear. I scurried out of the building and noticed the ominous clouds approaching. God, please don’t let it rain on me!
The whole time I kept thinking I must look like walking chaos. I envision that watching me with the kids was like watching a fragile vase teeter near the edge just waiting for some small thing to push it over.
In the end, I was able to safely get both kids in their car seats and lug the stroller into the back of the truck. I was exhausted, yet proud of my bravery. Here’s to all crazy moms daring enough to go into battle (or the mall) with their kids.
Hoo, you really brave gal. I only dare to bring two boys by myself now as both of them are now “big” enough – age 4 & 6 years, to understand what can do what cannot. But the problem is that both of them will fight in the car!…