The Easter Bunny has Arrived...
April 3rd 2010 01:25
Tis that odd time of year in thee Catholic calendar where you can eat chocoloate for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and not be considered a total glutton. Of course during the following week you have to deal with that on your own.... *wink wink*.
Anyway, the Easter bunny did not deliver chocolate this year but he obviously took a trip to Chuggington instead and my 2 year old was happy with that. The trains even went for a nap with him yesterday.
We ended up at Fox Studios yesterday where there is, I guess, a much scaled down version of the Easter Show. It's probably a better destination when your kids aren't very big and it's certainly more convenient. There's also the issue that tit's not too crowded (at last years show we simply didn't get to see much because there were such long lines).
I was dumb enough unfortunately to take my Seeing Eye Dog. Can you say "distracted"? There were other dogs, animals, food scattered around on the ground, kids galore and oh, did I mention the people that either wanted to pat him or simply just were not watching where they were going????
This brings me to a dilemma...
How to manage a dog and stay responsible for a child of 2? As much as I love the dog and appreciate his help, especially with dangerous situations such as crossing the road I am left torn between my responsibilities to him and those to my 2 year old (who undoubtedly comes first).
By the end of the afternoon I had very sore eyes and bad eye strain (which I oddly feel mostly in the eye I can't see out of).
I am finding this a little in everyday life though. The juggling of the variety of responsibilities. Having to make sure I take the dog to the toilet and ensuring he has water throughout the day often leaves me little choice other than to leave my son with someone else. This is especially true when we are out at the shops. This makes it extremely difficult sometimes.
Another issue is that the dog walks on my left, therefore if the traffic is on my right and my son needs to walk on my left hand side there is a problem (I always like to ensure there is a maximum of space between the traffic and him).
We did have a good time yesterday though.
The jumping castle got a triple go with Daddy having to come in too despite his fear of them (I fell badly in one when I was about 5 and got my neck stuck between the wall/floor and badly hurt my neck). Chinese for dinner too was yummy and looks like my toddler takes a bit after me as he really goes for the Prawn Crackers and Honey Prawns.....Expensive tastes I know...
Hope you all have a good Easter.
Anyway, the Easter bunny did not deliver chocolate this year but he obviously took a trip to Chuggington instead and my 2 year old was happy with that. The trains even went for a nap with him yesterday.
We ended up at Fox Studios yesterday where there is, I guess, a much scaled down version of the Easter Show. It's probably a better destination when your kids aren't very big and it's certainly more convenient. There's also the issue that tit's not too crowded (at last years show we simply didn't get to see much because there were such long lines).
I was dumb enough unfortunately to take my Seeing Eye Dog. Can you say "distracted"? There were other dogs, animals, food scattered around on the ground, kids galore and oh, did I mention the people that either wanted to pat him or simply just were not watching where they were going????
This brings me to a dilemma...
How to manage a dog and stay responsible for a child of 2? As much as I love the dog and appreciate his help, especially with dangerous situations such as crossing the road I am left torn between my responsibilities to him and those to my 2 year old (who undoubtedly comes first).
By the end of the afternoon I had very sore eyes and bad eye strain (which I oddly feel mostly in the eye I can't see out of).
I am finding this a little in everyday life though. The juggling of the variety of responsibilities. Having to make sure I take the dog to the toilet and ensuring he has water throughout the day often leaves me little choice other than to leave my son with someone else. This is especially true when we are out at the shops. This makes it extremely difficult sometimes.
Another issue is that the dog walks on my left, therefore if the traffic is on my right and my son needs to walk on my left hand side there is a problem (I always like to ensure there is a maximum of space between the traffic and him).
We did have a good time yesterday though.
The jumping castle got a triple go with Daddy having to come in too despite his fear of them (I fell badly in one when I was about 5 and got my neck stuck between the wall/floor and badly hurt my neck). Chinese for dinner too was yummy and looks like my toddler takes a bit after me as he really goes for the Prawn Crackers and Honey Prawns.....Expensive tastes I know...
Hope you all have a good Easter.
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