SO GROSS!!!

Scarlett has recently learned to recognize the train and even calls it "choo-choo" now, after having seen it in her book for a couple of months and seeing the real thing go by at the Farmer's Market every Sunday. So I was very excited about taking her on the Caltrain this morning from downtown Mountain View to the Menlo Park station with a few other mommy friends. We agreed to meet on the third passenger car of the train since not all of us are boarding at the same station. I managed to schlepp her umbrella stroller, her booster chair, and a backpack with me while holding her in my ergo carrier. After getting on the train, she actually sat in her seat the whole time because it was a new experience for her.




We got off the Menlo Park station and walked to the library a block away for storytime. Scarlett was pretty restless during storytime but I was glad I remembered to bring her snack trap as it kept her preoccupied most of the time.
After storytime, we went to Cafe Borrone nearby for lunch. As usual, Scarlett barely ate much for lunch with all the distractions around her. I had packed her some grapes, orange, peanut butter & jelly toast pieces, and even ordered her a cup of minestrone soup. Of course, she dumped out all her grapes and ate maybe two, played with her toast pieces, ate one orange slice, and had 3-5 spoonfuls of soup. What was my savior to keep her in her booster chair while I wolfed down my chicken salad? The other snack container of cheese puffs and crackers that I brought. They say that you can lead the horse to the water but you can't make it drink. So I've done my parental duty of offering her healthy foods but in the end, the highly processed cheese puffs won out. I couldn't make her eat a healthy lunch even if I tried. All in all, it was a really good morning, UNTIL we were about to get back to the train station. I thought Scarlett had pooped so I hurriedly found a piece of grass nearby and quickly got down on it to change her diaper. Luckily, her diaper was clean, but unfortunately for me, I happened to kneel in a pile of dog poop when I tried to change her diaper. I didn't realize it until I had her back in my ergo carrier and was wondering why I was still smelling poop. I looked around and saw the dog poop pile, all smashed in, and realized that dog poop was all over my left capri leg and my knee. SH#T!!! I said! Instantaneously, Scarlett repeated SH#T! right after me! (Oh well, what're ya gonna do...) I grabbed her stroller and booster chair and ran towards the train station so that I wouldn't miss the train, all the while, I'm trying to wipe dog poop off myself. After I got to the station, one of my mommy friends tried to help me wipe it off and it was then that I discovered I had dog poop not only on myself, but also on my backpack and on her ergo carrier. SOOO GROSS!!! So the ride back wasn't so great for me. I smelled like dog poop and I couldn't wait to get home, put Scarlett down for a nap, and clean myself off. Never again will I change her diaper on any patch of grass! #$%^& that irresponsible dog owner! Maybe it was my fault for not noticing but as a dog owner myself, I always picked up Chloe's poop and would expect other dog owners to do the same. SOOO GROSS!!!