Playground Milestone
Today marks another first in Sofi's path of growing up.
Today is one of the rare days in which I fill the day with lots of plans and tasks against my better wisdom, and yet somehow they actually manage to get done. We ran lots of errands today, starting with a stop at the bank in which I deposited a paycheck from First Lutheran Church, and Sofi deposited what she has collected thus far in the "savings" section of her piggy bank into her youth savings account—a total of 99¢. Then we went to The Pearl, an ice cream parlor and confectionery, a destination chosen by Sofi where she wanted to use another 99¢ that she'd been collecting in the "spend" section of her piggy bank. For that price she was able to get one HUGE pixie stick (a tube of orange flavored sugar that was over a foot long) and two wax pop bottles (little bottle shaped containers made of wax with sugared water inside), one of which she shared with Isaac (who enjoyed sucking on the wax as much as drinking the sugar). After that we went to the library, and then had lunch at the coop followed by some grocery shopping.
A very full morning, somehow pulled off without any meltdowns (certainly stopping at The Pearl didn't hurt, nor did the library, and certainly having lunch at the coop helped as well).
Isaac then fell asleep on the way home, so after we got home I put him in his crib to finish his nap, put in an Arthur DVD for Sofi to watch, and went out and mowed the lawn before it started to rain.
Again, I somehow managed to pull the mowing off, finishing it before Isaac woke up. When I got inside Sofi announced to me that she wanted to go to the playground across the street... by herself! Since I couldn't leave the house with Isaac sleeping anyway, I decided to grant her wish.
Despite her reassurance that she would look for cars when she crossed the street, I was nervous, as I've never really let her go anywhere other than in the backyard without me. Unknown to her I watched her the entire time from the picture window in the front room. And she did as she said: she looked for cars when she crossed the street. Once across she stopped and looked around, as if pondering what to do next with the new found freedom. Then she ran to the playground and swung on the swings, without anyone to push her.
She didn't stay as long as I thought she would, probably only five minutes. But she came home content.
Today is one of the rare days in which I fill the day with lots of plans and tasks against my better wisdom, and yet somehow they actually manage to get done. We ran lots of errands today, starting with a stop at the bank in which I deposited a paycheck from First Lutheran Church, and Sofi deposited what she has collected thus far in the "savings" section of her piggy bank into her youth savings account—a total of 99¢. Then we went to The Pearl, an ice cream parlor and confectionery, a destination chosen by Sofi where she wanted to use another 99¢ that she'd been collecting in the "spend" section of her piggy bank. For that price she was able to get one HUGE pixie stick (a tube of orange flavored sugar that was over a foot long) and two wax pop bottles (little bottle shaped containers made of wax with sugared water inside), one of which she shared with Isaac (who enjoyed sucking on the wax as much as drinking the sugar). After that we went to the library, and then had lunch at the coop followed by some grocery shopping.
A very full morning, somehow pulled off without any meltdowns (certainly stopping at The Pearl didn't hurt, nor did the library, and certainly having lunch at the coop helped as well).
Isaac then fell asleep on the way home, so after we got home I put him in his crib to finish his nap, put in an Arthur DVD for Sofi to watch, and went out and mowed the lawn before it started to rain.
Again, I somehow managed to pull the mowing off, finishing it before Isaac woke up. When I got inside Sofi announced to me that she wanted to go to the playground across the street... by herself! Since I couldn't leave the house with Isaac sleeping anyway, I decided to grant her wish.
Despite her reassurance that she would look for cars when she crossed the street, I was nervous, as I've never really let her go anywhere other than in the backyard without me. Unknown to her I watched her the entire time from the picture window in the front room. And she did as she said: she looked for cars when she crossed the street. Once across she stopped and looked around, as if pondering what to do next with the new found freedom. Then she ran to the playground and swung on the swings, without anyone to push her.
She didn't stay as long as I thought she would, probably only five minutes. But she came home content.
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