Wednesday, July 28, 2010

riding in style

Before we left I spent a lot of time thinking about what stroller to take. After almost buying a new (to me) expensive stroller that was "made for city life", we (with Caleb's pushing) decided to take one (actually two) of our strollers. I should be saying that's all we have, but that would be a lie. I have more than anyone needs. I think its 6. But no need to focus on that. We took our sit-n-stand, thinking it would work good in the airports and when its the kids and me in the city. We also packed our umbrella Maclaren in a big bag with the pack-n-play. We have used it a couple times. I thought it would be nice to have a small stroller some. That is what I use at home all the time and when we were in Miami. The big difference between here and Miami is that we had a car there and here we walk EVERYWHERE. So, we have mainly used the sit-n-stand. Aaron walks a little (maybe a block) but then is ready to jump on. He prefers to stand, but does sit on long walks. The big surprise is everyone LOVES our stroller. I have has more conversations with Australians about our stroller than anything else. Most people have never seen "a stroller like that" and ask "is that pram for 2?" On a side note, strollers here are called prams. We learned this the hard way when a lady at church told us we couldn't leave our pram in the parent room. We thought she was talking about the kids. Ends up, its the stroller. More on church later. Anyways, surprisingly I have been very happy with using this stroller. It is heavy and big but the only time we have had to fold it up is on the bus and Caleb has been with me. I can push it right onto the train, which is great. I do have a fear of riding the bus by myself and the kids. I really don't know if it is possible. For now, they will continue to ride in style and I will hopefully get in better shape (and loose the last 5 lbs of baby weight)pushing them through the city.


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3 comments:

tlhrobbins said...

WOW!!!!!! I don't know where to begin ... I want to hear more about the church!! The pram story is HILARIOUS! Your place is just gorgeous, I can't even imagine looking at those beautiful views everyday ... let alone someone coming in to clean once a week! You are going to be in for a major shock once you guys get back, enjoy it while you can!! By the way, you are soooo right ... you can tell if dried herbs or spices are fresh by their fragrence! Love & Miss you!! Tiff

Megan Blacker said...

Thanks for keeping up the blog. What's it like being on an island full of British convicts? That's probably why you can leave your stroller unattended. Next time they call it a "pram" tell them to speak real English for crying out loud...its called a stroller...

Megan Blacker said...

Can I just note that Mike left that comment... not me!