Be Patient Mommy!

I naively set out this evening with every intent of creating one of those special holiday moments in the hope that Kenny would be so overcome with joy that he'd remember it for years to come. We ended up bailing on this glorious idea an hour after setting off.

I kept hearing about this holiday light thing at a local recreational park. It sounded really amazing and their events usually aren't that expensive. Seeing how I'm all about doing things that are cheap we headed out after dinner to see what it was all about. I was more excited then Kenny but after making such a big deal about it his enthusiasm started to climb. MY enthusiasm quickly left after turning onto the road which would take us to the park. It should take you about 5 minutes from this road to get there since it's only a couple of miles ahead. Almost immediately I hit traffic. Not just traffic, but traffic that wasn't moving. Bumper to bumper traffic that wasn't moving and we were no where near the park. But I keep talking to Kenny about being patient so I decided to be a trooper about it and make it there come hell or high water. After 30 minutes of moving less then a quarter of a mile ( or something like that), I started to reassess things. I told Kenny that " we may not make it there because of the traffic." and I got this reply, " Remember how we talked about being patient? That means we need to be patient in the car....it's not a big deal." So I was basically put in my place by my 3 year old son who has about as much patient skills of any 3 year old...0 to none. So I gave it one last chance, but after getting nowhere in an hours time I was done. Thankfully when I told Kenny he just said he " really REALLY wants to go home." Apparently he was all done too.

 I think I'll stick to creating special holiday moments with the kid at home. It's free and I don't have to wait in line for anything. And hopefully there I won't get a lesson on how to be patient from someone who thinks it's funny to announce to me that " he pooted". Boys. Sheesh.