Just a walk in the park….a typical day in our house.

Lately, Mel and I have realized that it takes McCanless FOREVER to do anything. Not that she is slow, she just finds other things to do along her way. Before taking a walk recently, she had to change clothes, something she finds necessary with every new activity. I allow her to dress herself when she isn’t going to church or school. Everywhere else is usually fair game. With Mary Clare strapped in my “baby back pack” as McCanless calls it, I went outside to water plants while I waited on McCanless to dress for our walk. This was her the first time I checked in on her…

This photo doesn’t show the heels she had on previously. I told her I refused to allow her to wear heels to take a walk. (Last week I allowed her to wear her life vest for our walk and in hopes of not seeing anyone, we ran into half of our neighborhood. Today, I was NOT having to explain this one.) So after begging to to just PUT ON SOMETHING…she told me she had to change because she couldn’t wear her heels. Obviously this meant her outfit wouldn’t work. (I should have known…nothing is easy with her) This was outfit #2 that she was still not completely satisfied with…

By this point I had already put Mary Clare in her swing, unsuccessfully tried to straighten the playroom and had started on kitchen chores. I thought instead of rushing her as we usually do, I would see just how long it would take her to get ready for that walk. I suggested the walk around 2:30. When Mel walked in the door around 6:00 PM that evening, she was still in the playroom rummaging through her dress up trunk looking for that perfect ensemble.