For the past few weeks, I have been trying to decide if it’s worth the $170 to get a double jogging stroller. My stroller is my vehicle around this town—everywhere is within walking distance, and I rarely use the car. Experiment #1: I walked to Safeway with Rose in the front-baby carrier and Jay in the stroller. [bulky and awkward]. Jeff has been home most mornings since I started walking, so I’ve been just leaving Rose at home with him for my 20-30 minute strolls with Jay. But this morning, Jeff was gone early. So I got creative…Experiment #2:
How many kids are in this picture?
answer: 2!
I was trying to hold out till I could find a craigslist deal on a double jogging stroller, but I’ve been watching for a month, and everyone seems to think that their old musty strollers are worth just about as much as (or more than) a brand new one! But still I hesitated. Enter: faithful, super-husband. He got on Amazon last night and ordered me a double stroller.WAHOO! Sadly, it did not arrive in time for today’s walk… hence the creative solution.
I was paranoid the whole time we were out that a car would fling a rock into the bottom of the stroller and crack Rose’s skull or something. Thankfully that did not happen, but my anxiousness did spur me on to POWER-walk my little loop. Rose never even woke up when I transferred her in and out of her little sub-stroller nest!
Good news: we’re all still alive! This is my favorite picture from our little weekly photo shoot (prop up camera, use timer, take 10,000 pictures, keep one) but alas it’s blurry…
Much clearer
It’s amazing how often we Moms tread the fine line between genius and insanity!
2 comments:
i love it.
Brilliant--that's totally something I would try. I'm so cheap it's not even funny. Cambrie is still sleeping in a pack-and-play, for example. We never got her a crib, and I can't see a toddler bed in the relatively near future. I am excited for you for your new stroller, though!
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