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Best Buddies

3/28/2012

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It's a weird moment when your child goes from 24/7 management (with the occasional headache thrown in there) to your preferred dining companion and quite honestly, a really fun little person.

Scott has been a lot of fun for awhile, but on Monday, he became more "companion" than kid. That afternoon, we ventured out to the park at Town Square with plans to play, then eat dinner at Whole Foods.  Yes, I had to instruct him to not throw the peppers in the produce department and to stay by me while in line, but overall, he was an excellent little Bear. He walked on his own, free of the stroller, gripping my hand tightly and pulling me back as cars drove me ("Car coming, Momma," he says cautiously, pulling me out of harm's way. Mind you, the cars are in the street and we are on the sidewalk, but that's just semantics to your average toddler.)  As we walked through the stores, he sat patiently while I shopped (even his father has not yet mastered this). And then, best of all, he ate a great dinner across the table from me - not next to me. It was a major parenting coup, or felt like one, at least. I'm not sure what other families experience - maybe 2.5 years old is really late to hit this stage? - but I do know dinners out are extremely pleasant right now. Cheers to that.

He even had me giggling by disappearing under the table and popping back up. Silly Bear.
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I *heart* this picture.
Don't get me wrong - Scott and I have no plans to head over to Starbucks and sip coffee for hours, talking about our feelings, but this change is a nice one. Yes, we still have our bad days, like yesterday, when Scotty inexplicably peed on a park bench while I was on the phone (I think he was mad that I wasn't paying attention to him), but those days are few and far between. This is so much better than the word "no" always being the first thing out of my mouth, or dealing with public meltdowns due to buttons he cannot push or dirt he wants to throw but I don't let him.

Even Brian is enjoying our maturing Bear. They snuggled on the couch last night watching "Inside Edition" while munching on popcorn. They looked so content, I hated to take Scotty up for bubble tub.
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"Christie Brinkley said whaaaaat? on the Today Show?"
Silly Bear. It really does keep getting better and better.
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Jamie
3/28/2012 06:58:28 am

I had this moment with Sophia at about this age. At the time, I was commuting from the suburbs from work back home in the city everyday and it was killing me. 90 minutes one way. By the time we would get home we would both be miserable and hungry. One day, I was like, why am I killing myself to get home to feed SOphia? Maybe I could take her out to eat on my own in the burbs?? So, we started going to Panera, wait traffic out, and then go home. And it was awesome.

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Tara
3/29/2012 10:14:46 am

We have the same froggy!

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