Cuteness Extreme

So Walter, Padon and I made an excursion to Walmart on Friday looking for a particular can of spray paint and while paroosing the microwaves (ours is trying desperately to kick the bucket) we passed by the bed and bath section. Padon is going to get his very own big boy bed come January and I have been dying to see what kid of bed spread he will pick out. The long store aisle passing the bed section had four bedspreads at the end of one of the bed linen aisles (there were many more to choose from down the bed linen aisle but from the end this is what we could see); one Batman, one Spiderman, one Transformers, and one Disney Princess. I stopped Walter and said "I'm dying to see what Padon will do, Padon what blanket do you like?" Padon stopped looked at the blankets and with about 20 seconds of thought hugged and tried in vain to get the Disney Princess spread off the shelf. He asked me to get it down and Walter said "Show him the Spiderman" (Padon had tried to take a Spiderman doll home from the Pike Place Market the week before). So I pointed out Spiderman and Padon looked at it with less enthusiasm but also tried to pull it down. But because he couldn't (they were snug) he went back to the Princess spread again asking if he could have it, trying to pull it out. I pulled it off the shelf and and he tried his darnedest to walk off with it even though it was almost as big as he was. Luckily he was understanding when I told him we couldn't buy it today and I was totally tickled that of all the bedspreads he wanted it was the Disney Princesses. When we actually go to buy a spread I wonder if we will truly be coming home with a princess spread. I will totally buy him one if that is what he really wants, but I can tell you I will be documenting it with a ton of pictures!!!!!


On Sunday we went to Macy's with Walter's Dad, Leo, after a breakfast date, and I was waddling behind Leo, and Walter; Walter pushing Padon in the stroller. I was totally thinking about nothing and wasn't really paying attention to where we were when I got snapped out of my daze as my mind realized that Padon was calling and calling me, looking around for where I had gone. He was trying to get my attention and saying again and again "Mommy, Mommy! Shoes! Mommy, shoes!!!? He was trying, with a lot of excitement, to point out to me all the women's shoes we were passing in the shoe section. For a second I thought, "why does he think I care about the shoes" and then I realized, "well, why not?" Who else in our household almost always has a land mind pile of shoes on their side of the bed threatening to break ankles in the middle of the night, but Mommy?! I was so touched that I came to mind as we passed by a rather large selection of "Chloe" type shoes. I tried to be just as excited back at Padon, thanking him for thinking of me, and letting him know that yes I did really like all those shoes!


Two year olds are wonderful!