Freedom In A Box

Today, I finally broke down and did it. While we were waiting on my eldest's prescription to be filled at Target, I found my tiny trio what I have come to view as "Freedom in a box."

What it really is, is one of those leashes for children, cleverly disguised in the form of a cute fuzzy stuffed animal backpack with a tail.

I am not sure what caused me to finally break down and make the purchase today of all days, but I snagged three of them.

For once there were actually enough to make all of the babies happy with the critter choice.

Maybe it was because I am tired of being the only Mum on the block who cannot take her tiny toddlers out for a nice walk.

I don't know. But I do know that I am coming up with more and more ideas on the uses and application of our new gear!

I have wild notions of being able to finally attend one of those Mummy meetings at the park without having to worry about the very real possibility of any or all of my trio taking a nice plunge into the pond in some attempt at finding out what it's like to be a duck.

Maybe we might one day graduate to going grocery shopping incognito, leaving the oversized limo of a stroller in the van so that folks might not peg us as the triplet family that we really are and maybe avoid some less than friendly comments that way.

Ooooh, and maybe I could go to the mall and join the myriad crew of mall walkers (do we still have those here?) with my tiny trio in tow on those rainy or cold days.

We might be able to successfully go to Sci-port by ourselves without my having to worry about what Kai might try and climb next.

Who knows, we may even get adventurous enough to try out the cool fountains this summer!

Maybe we could check out the wonders of Norton's and even take a much needed romp in their garden when the azaleas bloom.

If we start practicing with our new toys now, maybe we will be ready in time for this year's bloom!

Don't get me wrong, I am not seeing this as a total remedy for my hermit ways, but I do have hopes.

I have been forwarned by another triplet mum about the woes of the kids getting entangled and ensnared and basically knotted in the tail department, but I have hopes.

My friend even has one for her little boy and they seem very happy with it and all of its uses, which is where we learned about them, of course!

I think I may even have a solution to keep them from getting tangled. It may look silly, but at least we will still have a bit more freedom!

What a sight we shall make of ourselves in public. We have two monkey backpacks like the picture above, and one teddy bear.

Hopefully, ours will be a much smaller spectacle that might even go unnoticed to the unsuspecting folk that have that uncanny ability to hone in on that super huge limo and make rude comments about us.

Maybe only nice folks with pleasant things to say will be drawn to our new look, who knows!

Will I be able to start retiring the stroller in the near future? Will the new "Freedom in a box" be enough to encourage me to step outside during "Sick" season?

Only time will tell if the master plan will work! Until then, I aspire to be a "Toddler walker!"