HOT little DATE

Pudgie and I made a go of Lifetime Fitness today. He has done well with Jax and Brinkley there but the one time I tried to take him by himself he did horribly. We are talking kicking and screaming - trying to climb over the barrier - to get the heck outta Dodge - horrible!


Today was better. Not the best, but I got an hour out of him. I knew it was gonna take a couple of times to adjust. It is rather daunting for a 2 year old, I guess.


Once we were outta the gym I stopped at Wal~Mart. When I finished, I decided to get lunch for each of us. Subway for me and a hot dog for Pudgie. Pudgie was yelling that he wanted to sit and eat at the tables. He would not take no for an answer, even though I had intended to take lunch home with us. So we sat. Just the two of us. Our time!


Pudgie is too small to actually sit comfortably in a dining chair, but he does it, and he thinks he is super cool. We started eating our lunch and had a wonderful little chat. He talked of phonograms..."ahh, oooooohhh, eh, eeeeee, then mama and daddy and eeeewwwwww ucky," as he watched the construction workers walk in all muddy from their job. We were lost in our own little conversation that lasted quite a while. Of course, only I knew what Pudgie was saying, not matter though, it was high priority talk!


That is when I noticed other people noticing us.


One older couple watched Pudgie intently. Pudgie decided he wanted to play ring around the rosey with the basket and the table. He only had on one of his Spongebob shoes. He paid no attention to anyone but me. I was the center of his little world right then and there. He giggled everytime he passed next to me and screamed "BOO." This lasted a good 10 minutes. I guess if I had stopped acting surprised everytime he got close he would have gotten bored sooner. The couple just kept smiling at my little man.


Another woman watched in clear disgust. I don't know if it was his missing shoe that clearly had her grimacing at us or if she was just having a miserable day.. whatever the case, Pudgie was oblivious to her as well. I just kept smiling at her. After all, I had the hottest lunch date in town today and who would not be smiling at that?


We continued to chit chat about all the important things in life... such as juice and the fans on the ceiling that were spinning. There is nothing funnier than watching a toddler try to follow spinning fans with his eyes. The missing light bulb that was "OOOH OUCHIE OUT" in one of the pendant lights was also a hot topic. Pudgie finally got down off his chair and climbed up into my lap and started in on my sandwich, which quickly became his. I never did get another bite. Which seems to always be the case during meals now! He switched seats three times while we ate. This really bothered our grimacing friend. Again, Pudgie was not concerned. After all, when you are 2, you should try the regular seats, the green bar stool and the red one while enjoying your dining experience.


We spent a good hour together at Subway today. Nothing fancy for us. Just some awesome Pudgie and Mommy time. Pudgie worked on his words and laughed and made other people laugh too. That always makes for a great day!