Next time, leave them home!

The day started crazy, the two boys running like mad men through the house ~ the two dogs chasing behind, until they saw the cat, then she became their target.  The little princess had a chair from the dining room moved next to the counter and proceeded to climb up to get chocolate from the top of the refrigerator!

I caught my breath, and against my better judgement, decided to take all 3 kids and great-grandma to Wal-Mart to go grocery shopping!  It took about 5 minutes out of the house before I realized what I had done to myself!

We arrived at Wal-Mart and the parking lot was packed!  I was dreading getting out of the truck.  My boys turned the local Wal-Mart into WWF, not to mention all the other kids screaming and crying and the elderly looking at us all like we gave our children permission to act like animals in the store.  Now, if any of the parents had properly disciplined their out-of-control child, those same individuals who were frowning would have called Social Services! 

Except the one sweet lady walking with her walker, smiling every time we passed her.  We would be in her way and she would just say "it's no trouble, I like to see the little ones having fun".

As my boys were wrestling in the baking aisle, my daughter & I were picking out what kinds of brownies to make.  She stepped back and tripped, falling backwards & hitting her head on the bottom of the cart.  Needless to say, she began screaming!  I sat on the floor in the middle of the aisle and held my screaming 3 year old.  As fellow shoppers walked by, they didn't ask if she was OK, instead they glared at me as if I had thrown her to the ground!  I looked to my boys and grandma for some support and found them deciding which candy they wanted. 

The next time I passed my sweet lady with the walker, she leaned toward me and said, "Next time, leave Grandma home!" 

After two hours of eventful shopping, we finally made it out! 

Remind me ~ Next time, leave them ALL home!