It’s just me, blogging about Walmart once again. Ha. Anyone
with kids knows what a process it is just to leave the house. It’s kind of like
packing for a long trip, several varieties of snacks, changes of clothes, binki’s and bottles, toys, sanitizing equipment, and of course a first aid kit.
Okay, I don’t really have one of those, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea.
Right? That’s just part of the process
that must happen before we leave the
house. I mean there are still diapers to change, faces to wipe, hair to be
combed, and inevitable last minute disaster “look what I found in the garbage
can mommy” type stuff.
I personally believe….that every shopping cart in America should be patterned after Costco’s
double kid cart, it’s an inspiration. My girls can keep each other entertained
the whole shopping trip. (yes, I know, the whole kissing thing will have to end
at some point).
If I’ve got to take the girls with me shopping I usually
just wait until I have reinforcements. After all, I never know what those two
little furballs are going to have up their sleeves. But today I was working on
a project that could not be finished without a trip to Wally-World. When I go
to Walmart I have to take my double stroller and there really isn’t much room
underneath to store my loot, it can be a pain in the royal highness.
The girls actually ended up being pretty good today, I
checked out with out a hiccup and walked to my car feeling rather victorious. I
got Ila all strapped in and started putting Fae in the car, that’s when I
realized she was missing a shoe. Uuuug. So I put them both back into the
stroller and started retracing our steps. I practically had to lie on the floor
to see under the shelves. I’m sure people were wondering what the heck I was
doing, “That lady’s lost a lot more than her marbles!”
The girls sang happy little songs through the rest of the
store, it was almost like they had
planned the whole thing. I was about to give up looking when I saw it….. sitting
perfectly upright waiting for me, gleaming in the fluoresent light. Hallelujah!
When I finally got out of the store all the high school kids
where headed to Walmart for lunch from across the street. A group …… of girls
started gathering around the twins ooh-in and aww-in like is natural for girls
when they see babies. I finally made my way through the herd, and as I’m
walking away I hear this conversation.
“I'm totally gonna have twins”
“yeah, me too, a boy
and a girl”
Man, it really doesn’t seem that long ago and I was one of
them, making what I thought would be a perfect plan for my future.
I always seem to forget that I’m living the dream life. ( ;
Ha.
p.s. The project I was working on was my newest attempt to
get my girls to eat their vegetables, they got sick of sweet pea mac and cheese
and lettuce waffles. So I took advantage of their new fascination with drinking
through straws and made vegetable- juice with fresh produce from my mother’s
garden.
Here’s the recipe: The quantities are up to you
Swiss Chard
Green Pepper
Broccoli
Beets
Pears
and
Pineapple juice
I just pureed it all up, skins and all
I tried some and…….it’s vile----But apparently I made it
sweet enough, cuz the girls slurp it right up!
