About midway through my pregnancy with Little Man, I drove about three hours to see one of my best friends in the whole world. She was pregnant too! We had been friends since first grade and our excitement at having children born around the same time was overwhelming. She was having a girl and I was having a boy and they were, obviously, going to marry someday.
Her sister and I were throwing her a shower and I had spent a messy two days preparing a cake (pictured below, in case you wanted to see kind of cake could possibly take that long!).
On the way to the shower, my friend and I stopped at a local grocery store to relieve our bladders (duh!) and so I could sneak off and grab a few things we still needed for the shower.
As I made a bee line down the aisle on my mission, this little voice said, “Hi!”. It caught me completely off guard. I stopped and looked up to see this beaming toddler boy sitting in the grocery cart his dad was pushing. I remember he was wearing a helmet too, which made him even more adorable.
Following that encounter, I walked to the front of the store, where I met back up with my friend, and I told her about the little boy. I said, “I hope my little boy is that joyful and sweet!”
Today, Little Man and I went to the store to grab a few things. As I unloaded our groceries into the trunk, a woman, probably on her way home from work and clearly on a mission, walked by. Little Man, quite the charmer, tried to hand her one of his goldfish. This, unfortunately, did not catch her attention, which, I must say, did break my heart a little. I finished loading up the car, put the cart away, and walked to the side of the car to put him in just in time for her to pull out. I waited for her to get far enough out before opening my door. Little Man, sensing his captive audience, gave her an enormous smile and waved with all his might. I glanced up to see a her smiling face as she waved back at my little ladies man.
Looks like God was listening. 🙂
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Aw, I remember you telling me that when you came to see me. Isn’t that sweet, what a special moment for you. <3 Dylan.
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He’s done it before, but it just clicked yesterday, you know? I wish I was getting to see Bella soon! She’s such a cutie and they were *so* adorable together! He’s not like that with any other kids EVER. Can’t wait to see you next week!
Oh, thats so sweet. Kids can be so cathartic sometimes. I love when strangers smile so sweetly at my children. And when they blatantly ignore them I want to punch them in the face.
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They can be. I know! That’s exactly how I feel when strangers do that to him. It’s crazy to me, but it’s usually other parents!
I am always smiling and waving at little kids when i’m in the grocery store. I always wonder if the parents are upset by this or happy that their kid is entertained. So i’m glad to hear you are happy at it and hope lots of other people think the same way.
I sometimes wonder the same thing about other parents because I do the same thing 🙂 I *love* when people interact with my little ham. It makes him really happy and I think it’s good for kids to learn how to interact with people in public. I think parents are afraid that if they encourage their kids to be too friendly they won’t be careful with strangers. I understand, but I think you can encourage your kids to be friendly when you are around and be polite from a safe distance when your not.