I recently went to See Rachael Ray at our local Williams-Sonoma.
We arrived an hour after she started signing books and if I were to do it again I would wait another hour.
We were in line a total of 1 1/2 hours, but the people who came 1 hour later were only 15 minutes behind us.
So what do you do with a 4 year old when you have to stay in line for more than 15 minutes? PLAN
I find myself in lines all the time, but I am usually not prepared. This day I knew I could be in line for a long time so I had a backpac full of stuff. My daughter likes to write, color and read, so I brought coloring paper, new markers and books. My DD wrote and colored for about 1 hour and then played with another girl in line. If we were to be in line longer, I had more books and play toys for her.
In all, I loved the 1 on 1 time I had with my daughter. It required to me to watch my daughter for the whole time. Although I am with my daughter almost all her waking hours, I never really watch her. It was a joy to be forced to do nothing but interact and watch her, and only her. I can’t wait to do this with my other kids to see how they are when they are by themselves with mommy.
