Take longer stroller walks to change the scenery and get a little exercise. Explore shady paths, cute shopping districts, hilly neighborhoods, wherever!
Baby boy having fun during a ride at streetcar.
Even light industrial areas — like near my house — have noises and sights that might appeal to babies (but beware toxic smells and enormous trucks!). This little one is checking out the view from a street car.
Try to get a photo op in front of somewhere decidedly “mature”. There are some prostitutes that usually work near my house, but I haven’t gotten them to pose for a picture. Luckily, I also live within a mile of 2 junkyards, 2 tattoo parlors, and the railroad.
Take a stroller walk somewhere new like past the tattoo parlors
Photo: Urban Ore
Um… really?
My daughter likes to visit the local train yard. We drive, though, because it’s too far to walk. We stand on top of the hill and look at the eight tracks below us and all the trains going here there and everywhere. Then we go for ice cream.
Which part, really? That I live near hookers or that I haven’t taken any pictures with them?
Heather – thanks for the comment on my blog. I live in Indiana, where the parking lots are notoriously flat, so I’ve never had a problem with careening carts. A well placed foot should help, I would think, unless it’s REALLY hilly. If that were the case, I think I’d actually put the cart in the “cart corral” (I always park near the corral) until I could get #2 safely strapped in or on, and then I’d retrieve the older kid. Of course, if the cart corral were more than 10 steps away, I wouldn’t do this.
Where do you live that carts careen out of control and hookers run loose? Maybe you could get one of the hookers to hold the cart still for you? 🙂
Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com
hookers do love the babies. seriously i bet they would pose for ya
ok THANK YOU SO MUCH ROOKIE MOMS!
tough toddler day here and I so needed the hooker laugh (thanks reg as well)
Come on by the MizFit if you have a second—we have free stuff fridays.
THAT’S always something to do!
🙂
Scarlett and I did our own version of this on Friday. We are living a couple blocks from all the sorority and frat houses at UC Berkeley. We took a stroll amongst them. I tried to get a picture of us in front of Delta Delta Delta but was too embarrassed to ask one of the women 15 years younger than me for help.