Note to self...

...When being a "good" mother, and deciding to take you 2 and 3/4 year old out to the mall, purposely waiting until after a nap, and listening to said 2 and 3/4 year olds complaints that she never gets to walk, ALWAYS TAKE A STROLLER.

Lauren has complained more than once that I never let her walk when we go to a mall. So, being the nice mommy I am, I decided to take her out and let her walk! Without the backup of a stroller. Lauren thought walking was fabulous for about 2.5 minutes. Then she was DEMANDING "UP! UP! UP!" have you ever picked up a wiggling 28 lb sack of flour?! Well, I did today. Over and over. She was not interested in walking anywhere.

Dear Lauren. What happened to the "nice" girl I usually take out in public? I did not like you today. I didn't like how you made people stare at your dear old mother. And perhaps I'm not really old, however, I felt it today. Maybe I'm too out of shape for this job?! Maybe I should have passed a physical before having children.

Makes me want to keep her inside for the rest of the winter. Not to mention we're all still sick with a cold from well, you know. Let's just say it's not heaven. I realized though, what was bothering my lovely daughter. She had heard hubs and I discuss the possibility of taking Jillian to the hospital because her phlegmy sounding cough was terrible. She thought hubs had taken Jillian to the hospital and she wasn't going to be home when we got there. I assured her over and over Jillian was fine, we didn't have to take her anywhere. Yet. Here's hoping it gets better by tomorrow, or we might be making a trip to our friendly pediatrician.