A day at the park

We finally had decent weather on the day of a mom’s group so we met at a park. It is always interesting to be an observer. Sawyer immediately runs off to climb whatever is the most dangerous of equipment (while I cringe). Jubilee is much more reserved and stands by me and watches. The more children the less inclined she is to venture out.

Anyway, when we first sat down, a man and his son were making quite a scene. The boy (probably 4-5 years old) was pitching a fit because he didn’t want to go home. He was on a bike with training wheels and the Dad was pulling the bike and trying to talk his son into complying. The boy was whining, complaining, name calling, and trying to put the brakes on or drag his feet to prevent the bike from moving. Oh, my!

Then there was the lady with the dog. Sawyer came running over announcing that he had to poop and was obviously struggling to hold it in. We went off to the bathrooms as fast as possible. Sawyer was in the lead, dancing around, I was pulling our stroller and trying to get Jubilee to hurry up (the girl has one speed – slow). Just as we were reaching the door, a lady and her dog rushed ahead of us. She announced that she needed to use the bigger stall because she has a dog. As I worked the stroller through the door, trying to prevent the children from touching anything, I noticed that the other toilet was plugged. The lady with the dog had noticed as well because she started giving me advice on jiggling the handle from inside the stall. Sawyer was still trying to hold it and we were taking up the entire bathroom area. The lady finally announced, “I can’t go under the stress”. I maneuvered everyone around the stroller and just outside the doorwell to help speed things along.

The last interesting story was about a woman and her daughter. The mom was obviously annoyed with her daughter and was holding her just outside the bathroom waiting for Sawyer to finish up and for us to get out. I could hear her angrily trying to get her daughter to stop squirming. When we washed hands and got everyone out, the mom, probably assuming we were out of ear shot. Told her daughter in a not so nice tone, “I’m glad there is only one of you!”

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