Safety First

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Most moms I know have trouble getting their kids to sit in a shopping cart. I've never given mine an option of being out of it, so he doesn't put up much of a fuss. It definitely makes for easier errand-running (rather than Duke-chasing!). I realized yesterday just how consistent (read: Nazi) I've been about buckling him in.

We ran into Sally's for some hair dye (I know, you can't believe this isn't my natural color... it is, just from about 25 years ago) and I put him in the cart. I would normally have just held him, but hey I'm 7 months pregnant and he's not exactly tiny anymore (neither am I!). And he wriggles like a worm. So I set him in the cart and don't latch the "seat belt buckles" as he calls them since we're just going to be a second. They also don't let you take the carts out of the store, so it really was a short cart ride.

I get the hair dye and while we're checking out he's very earnestly trying to get the straps and buckle himself in saying "seat belt buckles on". There's an older lady behind me in line who thinks this is very funny. She also thought it was funny that I told Duke the eyeliner and lip liner was "for girls" when he tried to grab them.

We also tried making Easter cookies this weekend with Nonni. Let it be said that he's not quite ready for that. He had a great time, ate a lot of dough and was occupied in one spot for about 45 minutes. He had to be dragged away from the cookie and the colors. However, we only ended up with 4 cookies to eat- not quite worth the effort. (See video)

They really do pick up on everything. In fact yesterday morning we were up and he was running in circles (literally) around the window blinds in the bedroom. I asked him where he gets his energy and he stops his laps, looks at me like he's kind of surprised that I'd be asking such a ridiculous question, says "food" and then takes off again.