I don't know why I was so excited. It's not like I've worn Keds since, oh, high school (and only then because it was required of us for Dance Team), nor do I plan to anytime soon! Nonetheless, it was just so cute.
J took M shoe shopping the morning of April 4, and they came home with these. But she's not had opportunity to wear them yet. *****
We started the day with another OB check-up. The girls were great--so much so that I heard both from one of the nurses and my doctor about it! My nurse asked if they are "always so perfect" and my doctor commented on how he can never tell if I have them with me or not at any given appointment until he walks into the exam room.
I realized that my first inclination is always to laugh comments like that off, but really I do hear them quite often. I had a little epiphany in the office that morning that I shared with them. It's not that my girls aren't great--they really are--it's that I'm an abnormally "uptight" mom who goes ballistic on the inside if they make so much as a peep. :0) I need to work on that. I need to cut them more slack and count my blessings for the great kids that they are.
After my appointment, we met Aunt Nikki at our favorite mall for lunch, the play area and then some shopping. Again, my girls were stars! I've been making concerted efforts to get them in situations where M's "running free" and not in her stroller. And don't think that's not torture for me! I LOVE our double stroller and the convenience of keeping both girls contained wherever we go. But reality is that there's a new baby coming in a few weeks, and I'm not even thinking about a triple stroller. The double's cumbersome, heavy and a pain in the behind enough! (That's a post in and of itself...)
And wonder of wonders, M's proving to be better "out on her own" than I thought! Then again, it could just go back to the "uptight mom" thing. :0) But on Tuesday at the mall, she was at her absolute best. She walked beside the stroller the whole day, holding on to it or helping me push Rosie in it, and if she did venture away it was only a few paces in front of us where I could see her safely. Way to go, my dear!
I'm learning to let go of perfection. I'm trying hard to let my children be children, within safe reason. It's a hard lesson for me, and it requires lots of practice, but so far it's been so rewarding and freeing!
4 comments:
Girl, the whole "uptight mom" thing rings so true for me. Everyone always tells me E is such an angel in church, at the store, etc....and I am the one freaking out if she makes a peep! We are still working on the "running free in public" thing. It's hard for me to grasp. And the Keds are too cute. E had her first pair last summer, very similar to M's. They look so sweet with summer dresses....too!
i love the keds...jade has a black pair just like those! size 6 hand me downs from lily!
way to go on their behavior...mine are miles from that...yikes!
a few weeks until the baby? are you kidding? where did the time go?
I just love those little blue labels. How sweet!
My blood pressure runs about 20 points higher anytime we are off the "scooter" (the sit and stand). I don't know that there is ever any true danger other than the dangerous state I feel when I am out of control.
You remember how old M looked when Rosie was born? I bet the same thing will happen when little guy is born. But I have to say...I am SO proud of you with the whole letting M out of her stroller. I remember when big h started not riding - it was freedom for him but he did a great job. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with her.
I love the Keds so much. Goo has never had any. But I look at them everywhere I go. So cute.
I have a hard time accepting compliments when my children are well-behaved. But my mentor once said that people love to just hear, "oh thank you so much for saying that.". And so I've worked on that. And it's helped me realized that I need to give them more praise when they DO behave well in public. Go mom!
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