Have you ever had a bad shopping trip with your kids? Well, I bet if you went to the store with my kids and I you would feel better! So, we had to go to the store yesterday afternoon. I waited until Camden was out of school so that I wouldnt feel rushed. What was I thinking? We get to the store and all the kids help me find a cart. We walk into the store and Camden and Riley are holding on the cart and in my head I was thinking, "well, this should go pretty smooth". WRONG! Riley darts from the cart to the fruits section. He starts pulling various apples from the shelves asking to put them in the cart. "No", I say. So, he starts whining "Why?". I picked up the celery I needed and quickly we moved on. In the cheese section Riley announces to everyone in the store "I am going to lick all the cheese". I dash as fast as I can, but I didnt make it and I have to pry a laughing cow package out of his teeth (it left teeth marks). SIGH!! In the milk section Riley announces that he has to go "poops"--AHHHHHHH make me disappear!! You notice that I am only mentioning Riley, but Camden just made it more intense by following Riley's lead. So, when we were in the section where the toilet paper is located and Riley found a couple packages stacked on the bottom shelf he sat down and said, "Camden, look a couch". Camden dived head first into the packages making them explode into the isle. At this point I am threatening them with a lifetime in their room and hoping that I wont have a heart attack in the middle of the store, but they dont care and proceed to pick up anything they can get their hands on. Riley even picked up the toblerone display at the end of one isle and if I hadnt got to him in time there would have been candy bars everywhere. The last treat of this trip was when I was checking out. I unloaded my grocerys and noticed that Camden had slipped away. I looked around and two shopping lanes away there was my son behind the counter screaming "how can I help you". LAST TIME I swear I will ever take my kids to the grocery store!!!!
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I am still laughing about the toilet paper exploding into the aisle!!! And you were probably only half way done! I don't know which is worse- when my kids have to go potty in the middle of the grocery shopping trip or when my little one sitting in the falls asleep and there is no place for his head to rest....
Ok, I can't feel bad about my trip to Target yesterday now! All I can say is WOW! You are making me nervous to do the dreaded Thanksgiving shopping I need to get done. Wish me luck.
That is so funny, but sad that we all have these experiences at the store. I hate taking all four to the store, and now Rob has become our main shopper. Tammy I think you should do GroceryGuys.com I use them in the winter when I don't want to drive on icy roads.
OK, you win. I had my first shopping trip with 2 kids yesterday. I thought it was bad, until I read yours. I think the worst part of mine was when Tyson ran from the produce past the dairy, and slid (baseball style) at my feet near the cheese. I know I had heavenly help in the produce when he grabbed a grapefruit from the bottom of the pile and NOTHING MOVED! It was a small miracle!
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