Last week, we were out shopping for Mike's 20 year class reunion attire. It was taking an ungodly amount of time for him to figure out which sport coat would make him look 18 again.
Jude, having inherited my hummingbird-like attention span, reached critical mass after about 30 minutes of Daddy's indecision. He decided it was time to hightail it for something more interesting than the men's fitting room.
Before I knew it, he was running down the bed and bath aisles, chucking a rainbow of towels behind him to keep me at bay. It was a modern day "Keystone Cops"moment. It was then that I realized that he had also inherited my once cat-like reflexes, because he was seriously outrunning me.
This episode has led me to reconsider a product I've often ridiculed: the kid leash. When I first started looking into these humiliating devices, I was sure they'd be great paired with a Freud t-shirt.
However, I was surprised to discover that the child restraint industry has evolved considerably. Witness this adorable "Tot Tether". It doubles as a backpack and even comes in various animal flavors!
Available at The Baby Boutique.
Isn't it amazing how fast those little legs can run? Zoom! I can just picture you barreling after him in the store and trying to scoop up the towels along the way.
Posted by: lori | June 29, 2006 at 08:37 AM