To have her be super excited to dive back in action and fight crime would have betrayed her character on a certain level.
In that first film Helen Parr was adamant about not breaking the law and keeping her supersuit in her closet.
Reflecting on the first Incredibles, it’s really an important point to make — especially given the fact that Brad Bird had the mom-dad role reversal as a part of Incredibles 2 from the beginning.
In response to this, the sequel gives her a real reason to be out there, as a poster figure for the removal of the anti-superhero law, and it’s all the better for it.