Thursday, January 8, 2009

'Adventures In Shopping'

I didn't know that running one simple little errand with two small children could be so adventurous. 

I had to run to the store today for some milk, cereal & peanut butter. I was even able to park in the very first spot closest to the door & cart return. I figured it would be so easy to run in & out & get home, I never get that lucky.... I didn't this time either.

It started out great, I put Noah & his carseat in the basket & let Emily help me navigate through the store{she loves to push the cart}. Then we went to checkout. It wasn't busy so there were no lines, however Emily was starting to get hungry for lunch & spotted the candy. Of course she was picking some out trying to open them. I was able to get her attention onto something else & we were heading out the door. Now because Noah was in the cart the groceries had to go underneath on the rack. If you've ever been to Safeway then you know that there is a slight incline going into the parking lot & of course the cereal & peanut butter went rolling onto the ground. I thought "Great, there's a car coming right at us & if I let go of the cart Emily & Noah would be heading across the parking lot". Sooo... I reached out my foot & kicked the food to the curb in hopes that it would stop rolling. Luckily there was an employee gathering carts & she rushed over to help me. I picked up the food & made it to the car. I was putting Noah in the car while Emily stood between me & the cart, & what does she do.... she pushes the cart. I jump after it as it starts careening down the slight slope towards other cars. Thankfully I was able to catch it put it in the cart return & get Emily in the car without any more problems lol. That's just a little too much adventure in one shopping experience for me thank you. 

6 comments:

Sally Ann said...

Lol! That was fun to read. Emmy is so silly, but at the time, I'm sure there was NOTHING silly about it.

Alice said...

Goodness gracious, I sure do remember those days. Going to the store was always a huge ordeal!

Can you imagine doing that with triplets????hehehe

Shannon said...

I would never go alone lol!!

Kathleen said...

I try to avoid it all costs! One time, on my way to the gym, a woman backed out of her parking spot super fast and came within inches of running me and mathias over! I was shaking I was so scared lol.

Hazel Eye Beauty said...

ha, Shannon just wait until Emmy start potty traing, and you're in the very back of the store, and the restrooms are up front, and you have to make a mad dash to the potty before she has an accident in her big girl panties, all while Noah is screaming people are gazing at you, and you're trying to get Noah, Emmy, and your purse into the bathroom all before Ole'Faithfull gushes!! Welcome to motherhood! Thanks for the great post

Shannon said...

Yeah, that will be a fun day lol.