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"Can we go again, and I can I be
was so pleased several weeks
first?"
Adina asked.
ago when I made a wonderful
•-=/\
I began to laugh, because this
purchase: a baby buggy from
came
so
close
on
the
heels
of
anoth-
the late 1950s in great condi-
er, similar adventure.
tion. It bounces. It has a nice,
This summer, we went on a family
comfortable pad inside.
canoe trip with our synagogue. It
I was excited to try out my new
was
the trip from hell. My husband )
buggy. I came home from work and
took Yitz and Adina in the canoe
announced, "We're going for a
and they all hated it. It was hot and
walk!" I had envisioned exactly how
boring and a lot of hard work.
it would work: Baby Talya, 7
The best part, though, was yet to
months, riding along, an antique
come. We had a three-hour drive
blanket across her sweet, fat, little
back home. The children were tired
legs. Yitz and Adina walking happily
and muddy; Talya was cranky. Phil
beside me, telling
and I sang 1,000',
me about their day
verses of "Old
at school.
McDonald," com-
As any parent
plete with
can imagine, how-
dinosaurs
and
ever, it didn't
kangaroos.
We
exactly happen
played word
like that. Talya
games.
We
insisted on being
played "I Spy."
held, but Adina
And
we knew,
Yitz and Adina always have
and Yitz both
when our car final-
happy memories.
wanted to ride in
ly pulled into the
the buggy.
driveway, that we were both now
"It's my turn!" "Is not!" (uttered in
certifiably insane.
that insufferable, sing-songy way that
But once again my children had --
says, "I know better than you.") "Is
nothing
but positive comments.
so." "Is not." "Is so..."
"Those hot dogs were yummy," Yitz
And there I was, my hair (never
said.
much in place anyway) falling down
"It was fun getting a Coke and a
everywhere, Talya in one arm, my
candy
treat [at the gas station] on
other hand pushing my 5-almost-6-
the way home," Adina said.
year-old Adina in the buggy while
I love the selective memory of chil-
Yitzhak whined, "When is it going
dren, the way they always remem-
to be my turn, huh?" And Adina say-
ber the good. Give them an entire
ing, "You just had a turn, Yitz," and
day that's dreadful and they will
him responding "Did not," and
focus on the one moment that was
Adina saying, "Did so..."
half pleasant.
In-between telling my children to
Adults, I have found, are the oppc
"Stop fighting right now! I mean it!" I
site. I want to whine just thinking of
was asking myself why I had been
the buggy ride.
so insane as to a) Tell my husband
But I'm working on this. Once
he could stay at home and enjoy a
again,
I'm watching my children and
little quiet time alone b) Insist the chil-
seeing I have a lot to learn.
dren go for a walk at 6 p.m. when
they were tired and hungry c) Buy
this buggy in the first place.
Later that evening I was easing my
children into peaceful dreams.
"It was fun riding in the buggy,"
Elizabeth Applebaum
Yitzhak said.

AppleTree Editor