Day 75: Just goes to show...

Just goes to show when I expect the worse & prepare for it...nothing bad happens!

The day, start to finish, went beautifully. The children loved the mall. They were so excited to be walking. My son, especially, was all bounce & movement. I have this overwhelming dread that he is going to run into another walker. He gets very irritated with me because I am constantly reminding him to mind the other people. Oh well!

We didn't make it to the mall until 9am (which puts a damper on school), but I spent the morning spending a lot of time with the children. Being silly, listening to their round robin stories and just trying to enjoy them.

I know, for  myself, that I need about an hour to slowly wake up in the morning. I really prefer to be myself, take my time and just quietly do whatever it is I want to do. This is only one of the reasons I get up so early. Yet, once I am fully awake then I am ready to go full steam ahead and get all the task done for the day. My poor children are just barely waking up when I am steam rolling them into my high gear.

Today, I made a deliberate effort to spend their first hour of being awake at their pace. I think that is one of the reasons the mall went so smoothly - everyone had time to wake up at their own pace. Everyone had time to gear up for a fun, but busy day.

I am gonna strive to keep this going...allowing my children to wake up at their own pace. I'll have to keep you posted on tat one. In the mean time, it felt soooo good to be walking at the mall again! I am looking forward to tomorrow.

Happy Walking!