Comments on: Another long weekend in the books

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:39:21 +0000

In reply to Barb.

@Barb – I’m trying to get him to start writing reviews again! But that’s really his call 🙂 Looking forward to the day they start taking me to dinner!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:38:33 +0000

In reply to Meg Evans.

@Meg – exactly! Although I tend to wind up “training” on hills just because it’s hilly around here…

By: Meg Evans

Meg Evans — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:58:25 +0000

I ran the Frostbite 5 miler, too! I ended up being satisfied with my time, even though I felt like it wasn’t going well during. I should train more hills, but . . . then I’d have to run hills!

By: Barb

Barb — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:39:02 +0000

I’m so glad you two enjoyed Wicked. My son and I saw it when he was 13 or 14. Does your son still write reviews?

I would sometimes tell my toddler we would have to leave if he weren’t a “lovely shopping companion”. I hoped it would never come to that, but it did. And on a day when I really really needed paper towels and some other things in the Target shopping cart. But, I plucked him out of the cart, left the cart in the middle of the aisle (sorry, Target), and we left. That was the first and last time we had to do that. For many trips thereafter he let me know when he’d been a lovely shopping companion, and he was usually right. And 11 years later he was a lovely theater companion for Wicked. And 10+ years after that, HE took ME to dinner and to see The Music Man. So remember, it just gets better.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:14:52 +0000

Sorry about the grocery store; it does get to a point where the ridiculousness of the situation leaves us no choice but to laugh. Having gone through this 4 times already, I suspect you also realize that in the grand scheme of things, this stage is relatively short-lived.

I have to admit as sweet as toddlers can be, I am so relieved to be passed this stage. We didn’t have tooooo many bad store meltdowns, but I felt like one was always lurking around the corner and I did always feel on edge. Now, I happily send children off to get specific items in the store – they are basically unpaid personal shoppers for me at this point and I love this arrangement (they also currently think this is very fun/independent, and I know the next step is teenagers and by then I suspect the allure of being “Mommy’s helper” will have worn off.
And I don’t miss diapers. At all!