meltdown in the city

Yesterday for my Aunt's last day in Florence we went into the center so that she could buy the last of her gifts. We left our house at 10:30 am and got home at about 3:45 pm. The kids did much better than I would ever expect with all the walking. Except we had one little meltdown at the beginning of the trek. My friend had a similar experience in wal-mart, but mine actually got caught on film. No need to use your imagination, except the pictures do not do justice for how crowded this street is with pedestrians. It connects some tourist sites so it is used often by tourists and lots of them. Abbey was very tolerant of all the stops we were making until one that was a little too long, she tried to get out of her stroller and I let her for a couple minutes. oops. Then when it was time to get back in, you'd think I said I was going to sell her to the gypsies. She did the limp, arms up slip out of my arms move and was successful. She laid on the ground and I picked her up while she was flailing everywhere and doing everything in her power to get out of my grip oh and screaming and wiping her snotty nose on my shirt. "Abbey do you want to get ice cream? you hungry? do you want some crackers? want some water? do you need a smack?" finally I held her and walked away from "the scene" and she calmed down. And everything was great after that.

the calm before the storm


sorry, cloe interfered with this shot but I hope you can still get the full affect :)