How NOT to shop
1. Don’t forget to get a special cart meant to hold three children. You’ll need them tightly strapped in when you go looking for that new shirt. Otherwise you’ll find yourself scared half out of your wits by a head or two popping out through the clothing rack. Maniacal boyish laughter will ensue and you’ll try to track it from clothes rack to clothes rack.
2. Be prepared for an onslaught of “Please!” “Just one!” “Mom!” “But Mo-ooooooom!” “Only jus’ one okay?” “I’ll eat all my dinner!” “Hmph!” “You’re so mean!” and the like.
3. It is imperative that you remember, that the baby is getting bigger, her arms are getting longer, and therefore she can reach for things. That mangled and slobbered on deck of Old Fish cards that mysteriously presented itself at the bottom of the cart at check out time? All her doing.
4. It is also imperative that you remember your 6 year old is getting old enough to be very sneaky. Case in point - the transformers toy he shiftily grabbed out of the cart and stuck on the belt very first, hoping you wouldn’t notice.
5. Ack! What in the?!? Who put 7 snickers bars in here? The 5 year old was just following suit I suppose.
The moral of the story is - All of this could have been avoided by simply NOT shopping with the children. When will I ever learn?
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Oh, I’m only laughing because it sounds SO FAMILIAR! Sigh. They say it gets easier… (in about 18 years from now…). :-D
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So, I finally checked out that Because I Said So/Mom2my6pack blogging phenom, and do you know she first got famous with a shopping trip disaster post (on EBay no less — what a great stunt, eh?).
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I like shopping with the kids, usually. If I don’t have them for some reason, I feel sorta naked. Am I the only one?
That brings back scary memories . But on the bright side, at least you weren’t shopping for bras. That’s like WWIII with little ones.
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Sounds like I wrote that. That’s my story when we head to the store. It’s just hard to get in and get out without something going on!
Hahaha….. sorry, I shouldn’t laugh. Ahem. Yea, been there. Probably will be there again later today. Sigh…
Yup, I thought shopping with 2 kids was pretty bad. Oh, no. Shopping with 3 is about 10-20 times worse! And also the reason I will wait until our cupboards are practically bare before I’m feeling brave enough to head to the grocery store. Clothes??? No, thanks. That’s somehow even worse.
Some good-to-know info: If you do online shopping at Kohl’s, they will accept returns and exchanges in any local store! Now THAT is my kind of shopping.
Some lessons are just harder to learn… I still take my kids shopping too. I suppose I’m a glutton for punishment!
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That is my life too, except you left out the crying. Someone is always crying. It get even better with 4!
Are you my long lost twin that I was seperated at birth from?! I’ve been looking everywhere for you!
not.
Funny that posted about this– cause I have something similar in my draft box like this. I could totally get into that sister wife thing. Minus the husband sharing. Ya know?
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This made me laugh. I only have one child, so I only have to worry about the reaching for toys part…I can’t imagine shopping with three! Something to look forward to I guess :)
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I can’t imagine going with three…I try to avoid going with two at all cost. With Aaron, we stop by the deli first and get a quarter pound of salami…that usually lasts all the until we check out. With Noah, I give him a list of things to remember that we need and he looks for those. But I still prefer going after work when the kids are in bed.
How do you do it with 3 kids? I can’t imagine! I know, I know - my sister has 7 . . .
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I hear ya! We never shop with all thre ahah
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Oh, but then you wouldn’t have a story to post on your blog…or the memory to smile at when you get a call from one of your kids some day telling you how exasperated they are. :)
I shop with all 3 frequently just because I don’t always want to go out at night when the hubby is home. There has to be a well thought out plan though. For instance, I stopped at the mall on whim 2 days ago. I forgot that Anson hadn’t totally mastered saying when he had to pee. In trying to clean up that mess, I almost lost one child and strangled another. Gret was sitting there whining and pulling off clothes from the rack from the stroller. Uugh. The rest will probably be in a blog post soon. It went so down hill from there.
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Silly girl. =) Thanks for the giggles!
I’m so lucky to be able to do my shopping after bedtime.
Clothing shopping is a whole other matter, of course…
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Oh, yeah, this is sounding terribly familiar….terribly….
Blessings!
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You know what’s stupid, not half a day after I read and commented on your post, I took my three kids shopping - not to ONE store, but THREE. My 2nd oldest was just potty trained and had an accident. My oldest was antagonizing the 2nd oldest and inducing ear-piercing screams. My youngest was not napping happily in the car seat like I hoped he would. I was CONSTANTLY saying “no!” “stop that!” “Be quiet NOW!” or some other variation. I’m sure I looked like “that mom” you see in the store, the one who you watch out of the corner of your eye, wondering if she’s about to smack her kids silly. I was fantasizing about running away from home by the time I *got* home. What was I thinking?? I sure didn’t learn my lesson just by reading, that’s for sure.
I love it when I hand the baby something I don’t intend to buy her, just to keep her busy for three stinking minutes, then forget it and walk out of the store without paying for it, get all the kids loaded in the car, and then find this one stinking thing in the bottom of the basket and have to sheepishly take it back inside.
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I feel your pain. There is a reason why half the time now I wait to go shopping AFTER DH is home and the kids are in bed :) !!
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LOL - what a great reminder! Some of these sound all too familiar… :)
You just described my trips with two kids. Except they throw fruit snacks and cereal in the cart when I’m not looking.
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