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12/28/2003 Archived Entry: "times change"

I just spent the last hour re-reading all my old "Life as I Know It" columns. It was fun to refresh my memory of some of my child's anctics from her younger days. One column was written just days after Tabitha turned 2 so it's almost 3 years old. In it, I mentioned going on a walk with Tabitha and how I would threaten "If you don't hold mama's hand then mama has to carry you" and this would get the desired affect of said child holding my hand. Boy are those days long gone! My kid would do absolutely anything if I would carry her 24/7. I don't really recall when the threat changed. Now it's more like her saying to me "If you don't put me in a seat, you'll have to carry me." This is the kid who hikes mountains better than I do; one who walked 3 miles and then played at the park for 2.5 hours while I was ready for nap. Yet, one step inside a store and BAM! her legs are tired and it's pure agony for her to consider taking even one more step. She walks to the store and through the store begging me to carry her or put her in a seat, the minute I say donut shop she is half-running/half-skipping to the counter without a care in the world. The child lives to be carried, I can't believe it was ever used as a threat (and worked, I might add).