So I usually have the boys today but they are home sick, so I decided it would be fun to take Sammi to the mall and let her play with other kids at the indoor play area. She talks about going to the mall all the time and since a bracket of time opened up for us I decided to embrace it. Sammi is so funny. She wants sooo badly to make friends and most kids are so shy, she scares them off because of how persistent she can be. When she noticed little girls that looked like her (size, and the fact that they were girls lol) she ran to the opportunity to have a playmate. First girl was way too shy and held on to her mommy for dear life as Sam tried to grab her hand, saying "Come on! Play! Come On!" She gave up on her when she noticed another little girl who also became frightened by Sam's boldness. She ran to her daddy as Sam did the same thing with this girl trying to get her to play with her by saying over and over, "Come On!" I walked over to Sam and told her to say, "Do you want to play?" Sam said it and the girl acted shy and cuddled up against her daddy. Poor Sammi just wanted someone who she could run around with. FINALLY a girl responded to Sam's pleas and they chased each other, held hands, climbed in to the fake cars together, and then ran in circles chasing one another once again. Then it was time to go and they gave each other hugs and kisses lol and we went to go meet daddy for lunch at Spring Creek BBQ.
After lunch, we were close to Garden Ridge and I thought it would be fun to go walk around in there for a little while. Sam insisted on walking instead of sitting in a cart as usual. I told her if she ran off she would have to sit in a cart so she was actually doing pretty well as far as staying by me. Then, a sudden urge came over her and she darted away from me in to an isle of pillows. I tried to follow her but she was too quick. Panic came over me as I yelled her name with no response speed walking up and down isle after isle. I passed an older women and asked her if she had seen a little girl running around here. She said no but that she would go to the other end of the store to look, which was so nice. I found a worker and told him I had lost my 2 year old daughter, told her what she was wearing and before I knew it the whole store including 20 workers were out on the hunt for the missing girl. They told me to wait up front to block the door just in case. It took them like 30 seconds to find her but it felt like an eternity. She had been hiding behind the big stacks of large rugs in the back of the store, out of site. Once someone tried to talk to her she was off again but luckily I had spotted her by that point and picked her up. I was on the verge of tears and so thankful all these people were so kind to help me find her. As we headed to the car Sammi says to me, " I poop mommy! I poopy!" Sam is known to hide in her room and wants complete privacy when she goes number 2 so when she said this I was just speechless. She ran away from me because she needed to poop. OH MY GOSH! Can't wait to actually start potty training... The whole experience was just so surreal and I am so glad there were good people in that store today. So after I changed her diaper we were driving home and she fell asleep. Naps during the day mean late nights usually... Oh well I need a break!
