A glimpse at my morning/life:
Gather all our gear and head over to the shopping center. Cooper needs new shoes. Go to Stride Rite, all the while wondering if I'm really going to spend more money on my toddler's shoes than I do on mine. Unload from car. Wait for shoe-sizing while Coop climbs on top of the displays. Lady measures him as a 7 1/2. He's currently in a 6... way to go, Katie. Coop dances around the store. Other moms decide he must really love the shoes. Decide against buying shoes- they don't have the on-sale shoes in his size. Can't bear to pay full price. Must find them online. Leave. Load the kids in the car.
Old Navy is next. Cooper's new shirt got a hole in it after first wash. Unload. Stand in line to exchange it. Coop climbs on top of mannequin dog in attempt to ride him. Holding Annabelle's carrier and Cooper's hand, retrieve replacement shirt. Stand in line again. Leave. Load the kids. Apologize to sweet Annabelle that I'm not allowing her a nap with all this running around.
It's only 11:00. We could still run another errand if we hurry. Annabelle needs diapers. Shoot. I forgot the coupon I got after complaining about the quality of my last box of Pampers. Should we get the coupon and then go to the store? Cooper says yes. Okay. Give Coop juice and snack as pacifier. Drive home. Retrieve coupon.
Arrive at Walmart, the necessary evil. Unload. Determine to make this a super-quick trip. Return something. Start shopping. Find plastic tub that I've been wanting and begin carrying it in one hand while pushing the cart with the other. People laugh and stare as Cooper sings "B-I-N-G-O" at the top of his lungs. Get diapers and a few groceries and place them in the nooks and crannies around Annabelle's carrier, which is taking up the entire cart. Cooper drops jar of peanut butter on top of Annabelle, who is finally sleeping. She cries. Stand in line. Pay for groceries. Coop tries to lunge out of cart to push buttons on credit card machine. Push cart to car and unload groceries. Put Annabelle in car. Realize that the peanut butter and ketchup were hidden under carrier. Did not purchase them.
Moral dilemma. Want to get in car and leave. Really want to get in car and leave.
Sigh. Take Annabelle back out of car. Push cart back into store and hand confused lady the ketchup and peanut butter. Back to car. Load kids. Baby cries. Return cart. Drive away.
Realize that the diaper coupons are still in my purse.
Really?
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6 comments:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHHA This is awesome. laughing/crying/amazing! do this every day please. not this crazy of a day. but write down every day! i love it!
HAH! Every. Single. Day. Thanks for making laugh. And sigh. And pray grace to make it to kindergarten.
that makes me laugh so hard. seriously. i had tears. i love how all the things that cooper was doing is EXACTLY how mac acts too. please post some more of those and make me feel like i am not the only one who feels like that!!! love it!
and all the while, I was at work, sitting at my desk in peace and quite. thanks for being a great mom!
a forgetful and sometimes spastic mom...but a great mom
i love that you returned the ketchup and peanut butter... i would have taken it. wal-mart has plenty. :)
katie, seriously this is a really great post. i feel for you girl! i might wait for a bit before thinking about kids now.............
TOTALLY laughing out loud at this!!! and i complain that one is hard. DEAR GOSH!!!! that is STINKIN' HILARIOUS!!!
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