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Talking of how much I am loving my life filled with diapers, baby talk and never ending storytelling, it is time for me to talk about an itty bitty but big life lesson I have learned from my 2.5 year old… If you ever feel you have been pushed into a corner and are having to do things you really do now want to do, then read on …
As much as I love my kids, I have to say this – life is not as convenient anymore. Not in a bad way. Just in a “this is life” kind of way. Like when we bought our first home – loved the home, did not exactly love the never ending stress of having to clean. And then we got our dogs – and all of a sudden we were coming back home every 8 hours – so no going away to have your drink straight from work.Come home, feed the dogs, love them and get out again – so they love you back on those bad days (that is a lie, these creatures will love you no matter what!) …
But life starts to get better – life starts to take on a new meaning and you start to love your own reality (hopefully) and ignore those little inconveniences – the joys of the garden at home, the kisses from the dogs and the incredible joy of seeing those little babies blossom into little loving monsters 
And so it happened in my life as well. We did differnt things so that life would seem a little less inconvenient. Slowly we ate out lesser and lesser (it is hard with 2 under 2 ) and started enjoying other things more (sorry, no idea what we did – but some memory loss is good!). Only recently, we have started to explore eating out as a family again. We went out once and it went well – (2 little girls, on their high chairs, eating their food, while we ate ours!) – and then we went again and again and again …. Were we on to something here? Was eating-out a viable and sane reality again??? We tried not to think about it and just carried on … little family togetherness – one dinner at a time…
In just a few outings, I could not help but notice the excitement of my 2.5 year old as we started to set out to a restaurant. As I got her ready, I started talking about the restaurant and the menu …
Me: What would you like to eat?
Hmm …White rice…hmmm…pasta …
Me: Wonderful, we will be sure to have one of those, okay?? How fun, right?
Yes! And then, when we are done eating, we go peepee, right?
Me: What? Sure, if you need to pee we can certainly do that
And then, we peepee and wash hands, right?
Me: Yes, indeed, we need to wash our hands clean …
And then it all started to come together. My little one cared not for the food. She does not really love eating out. She lasted the whole restaurant experience every single time only because she wanted to explore and experience a new restroom/bathroom every single time. As soon as we were all done eating, she wanted to go pee. Every single time.
How profound, I thought. If I could create a little wonderful micro-experiences every time I had to go on a less than desired macro-experience, would I start to enjoy “eating out” as well?
So here is my question to you: Do you find a ways to take a “pee-break” so as to “relieve” yourself when you are placed in situations and experiences that do do not exactly love?
In part 2 of this post, I will explore how exactly you can find your “pee-break” based on how I found some of my own …
photo credit: pkolari
