Managing

This is how we manage on days when...

the threat of rain looms from dawn to dusk.

the playground playdate is cancelled.

the morning is spent beautifying baby and mama and packing and prepping for a lunch date with daddy.

but daddy gets an urgent work assignment just as baby and mama stroller up to the door of his office.

so lunch is off.

and the threat of rain immediately becomes a reality.

mama and baby duck into a bagel shop for a consolation / wait-out-the-rain lunch.

but baby just wants to know what happened to the much-hyped lunch with daddy.

naptime ends about an hour and a half too soon.

baby potties the floor twice.

and throws food all over the living room.

and is in major destruction mode.

it's hours until bedtime.

it's even more hours until daddy gets home.

and mama is feeling waaaaaay tired.

Because manage we must.

We hit the streets.

First up, we buy a $2 bottle of water from our favorite hotdog vendor.  Worth every penny, as it keeps the little guy entertained for roughly 45 minutes.

We hunt down our favorite flock of pigeons.

And watch the birds.  From the confines of the stroller.  'Cuz pigeons, you know, make a bit of a mess.

When that loses its appeal, we move on to where we can stretch our legs.

A place we can get our hands dirty, but not tooooo dirty.

Where we can watch skateboarders.

Run the stroller.

Pick up sticks.

And--somewhere along the way--just 'managing' turns into a pretty nice evening with my boy.