Things I Never Thought I'd Do

I’m still a kid at heart, as much as anyone I know. We owned most of our Disney movies long before I ever got pregnant with Ryan. I sing and dance randomly with or without Ryan around. I’ve always enjoyed playing with kids, but despite all that, there were things that I never thought I would do before Ryan came along . . . and yet somehow, I’ve done them anyway.

1. Watch Teletubbies or Barney—Neither is yet a staple in our house, but they are specifically geared to kids Ryan’s age, and he really responds to them, holding whole conversations with the characters on screen and dancing with abandon to the music. Though I’m still not a huge fan myself, he learns important concepts and really enjoys himself.
2. Watch the same movies over and over again—We have quite a few Disney movies, yet because Ryan is really only interested in animated or Muppet movies, we have seen them over and over . . . I’m getting pretty good at tuning them out now, but I’m thinking we’ve got to get some new ones soon before I stop enjoying the ones we have
3. Change a diaper on the seat of the car—If I had thought about it enough, I would have realized that I would need to at some point . . . but probably not as much as I’ve had to up to now.
4. Chase a soccer ball through Costco—Ryan has a little soccer ball that he absolutely loves and that we take nearly everywhere (he even prefers sleeping with the ball to any stuffed animal). Anyway, we often bring it shopping, and sometimes when he needs to run off some energy, I roll the ball down the aisle in front of me and he runs after it. I try to get there before he does, so I can control where the ball goes. We must look like quite a pair—a toddler and his pregnant mom running after a ball in the store aisles.

I know there are others, but these are the ones that I can think of right now!