Our food supplies needed replenishing over the weekend but was too unmotivated to do the grocery shopping. Was just one of those days, I suppose - bad weather, cold day, didn't want to wriggle out of my comfy jammies...yeah, you know what I mean.
So today, I had to visit Woolies before evening - else, no dinner, unhappy kids and an even unhappier hubby. After work, I kept Megan from falling asleep in her baby-seat during the car-ride and dragged them to Bullcreek Shopping Centre. Oh goody. Just so happened that Target was having a shoe sale. Quickly ducked in there, grabbed a new pair of school shoes for Joseph and some new jackets for Megan. Out of there in half an hour.
Finally Woolies. Megan didn't want to sit on the trolley anymore, so I said she could walk - closely - by the trolley! Earlier in the car, I had pep-talked them about listening to me at the shops - you know, don't ask for anything, don't touch anything (pretty lame instructions to give kids in a shop, I know!), no shouting, no running - the standard drill..else, it was their bottom's appointment with the wooden spoon. My 3 year old, knows this down-pat.
Anyway, it was good for 5 minutes and then all the pep-talk effort blew up in my face. After much frustration and even more reprimands to not touch anything, I made them put their itchy hands in their pockets. They gladly followed and I was happy...
Until... they decided to "touch" things with their shoulders, knees and head...funny? yes, only kids can come up with such ingenuity! I was not impressed though. The check out chick (she was more of a matured-age chick tho) was amused at my-hands-in-pocket-kids and commented that all moms should follow my lead! aha! $200 worth of groceries later, we were out and comfortably home again. Then my headache started......
Now its Lasagna for dinner....
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