Goes about like this.
"Ok Logie, time to get your shoes on!"
"Uh-uh!" Shakes his head.
"Come on buddy, we have to go get groceries!" (in my most exciting voice! Grocery store is fun!... right?)
"Uh-UHHHH!!" Shakes his head harder.
"Logie want milk?" That's right, I lapse into toddler-ease speak (non parents? google it).
"Uh-huh!" He's excited about this, MILK!!
"Logie want milk? We have to go buy milk!" Show him the empty container.
"Uh-huh!!" Still excited about this. Success!!
"Ok, Logie want milk? We have to go get milk! Let's get your shoes on!"
"UH-UH!!!!!" Runs away.
... fast forward 20 minutes....
Finally have his shoes on, carry him down the stairs because he's too stubborn to walk.. buckle him in after he climbs in the van himself (takes about 5 minutes). Buckled in, Lily's buckled in (after carefully buckling in her toy cat...)
Ride to the grocery store is uneventful, thank you Curious George DVD.
Get there and have more negotiations about getting OUT of the van, who's getting out which door, who gets to push the button to close the door... who holds WHICH of mommy's hands.... get into the store and there are the carts. Now, I will say that when Lily was Logan's age (before I had Logan) I would let her walk beside me if she wanted to, didn't insist on her riding in the cart. Then Logan was born and there's no way I can keep track of both of them if they're running wild. (I'll say this for Lily, she is VERY well behaved in a store, but Logan would go off in every direction) So, Logan MUST ride in the cart. BUT the grocery store doesn't know this, so there's the line up of carts with the car thing on the front that the kids can ride in. That's fun for about 20 seconds until they want to get in and out and in and out everytime you stop, and argue over who gets to steer, and the thing takes up the whole isle. Anyway then they have the little kid size carts, which would be fine if I just had one kid, but I have two. So of course we would need two, and Mommy would end up bending over to steer them both. Not happening. So we go for the normal carts and have to negotiate with Logan again to get him to sit in it. (again back to the "you want milk?" thing. Which works, eventually..
So we go through the fruit and veggie section with no problems. Logan points out produce and Lily talks about how much she likes Brussels sprouts... weird. No major events in the meat section, canned goods is fine... then it's the cereal isle. Of course the cereal isle also has gummy treats.. and they have TV characters on them. "DORA!!" "SPONGEBOB!" "PHINEUS AND FERB!!!" "ELMOOOO" or "AGHAAAA" as my son calls him. Ok moving on. Then the cake section! EXCITING we get to buy cake mix for Mark's birthday! arugment over who gets to hold the cake mix and who gets to hold the frosting. One for each and we have to keep switching them. Milk section is Logan's favorite. He hugs the milk containers before I put them below and then he shivers. What can I say? My son is strange. Chip section, frozen foods.. frozen foods has ice cream. Lily spends about 5 minutes deciding what to get. Logan gets antsy. Almost done.
Get to the check out and of course there's lines. Entertain them by playing I spy. Then when it's our turn of course they BOTH want to help put hte stuff on the conveyer belt. Takes forever and I can feel stares from the snobby looking Barbie doll woman behind me. Whatever.... then in order to get the groceries to the car I have to leave Logan in the cart, or else he'll run one way, cart will go another and Lily will go a 3rd... so he starts screaming until we're out into the parking lot. 2 year old want their way!
So fast forward again, again with the van drama, and the going up the stairs drama then they want to eat the food we just bought the second we're in the door and are under my feet while I'm trying to put it all away.... goodness gracious!
And the reason I am writing this all down is because it IS amusing, and I love my kids dearly and someday I can read this to them. (And they're quietly pounding things on the coffee table right now, giving me a few seconds alone.)
:) The end!
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