Shopping used to be my favorite 'stay at home mom ' thing to do. When
Saydee was a baby we would walk the mall, Target,
TJ Maxx,
BRUs, usually not buying, but we were there none the less. As she gets older it has been getting harder. We still went a lot in the winter especially since it would be so cold out we would go there to
exercise. Since we have added a new baby to the mix shopping has become an adventure. My first trip alone with 2 kids was to Target and I pulled into the parking lot, turned the car off, got out and stopped. I
couldn't even decide which door to open first. Which child to load in first? Who do I leave in the car the longest? Are they both
ok in there while i go get a cart? Will
Saydee hold my hand in the parking lot and walk into the store? prob not.
I'm much more confidant now and I park next to a cart
coralle and load them up right there and push them in. In the last few weeks its been so hard to take them together that I just kind of gave up. My mom who just had brain surgery has to walk everyday as a part of her recovery and so we went to the mall together the other day and took both kids. I
don't have a double stroller so we brought 2 strollers and each pushed one of the kids. They did great!! After like the 4
th store we went to
Sayd got anxious so I let her get out and she could push the umbrella stroller that she was in. Let me preface this by
saying that my mom and I were both standing RIGHT next to her. I must have blinked for too long because
when I glanced down at the stroller that
Saydee was pushing it was there, standing still, but NO ONE was pushing. She had run and the scariest part was I had no idea where she went. No clue as which direction I yelled to mom to stay put and I just started running. I was watching others as they shop to see if there heads would turn to watch the little two year old
blond girl running on her own but no one was moving. I
couldn't breathe but found myself praying for her. I actually stopped and started to think of another
strategy... still praying... and I could hear my mom across the department store yelling for
sayd and trying to bribe her with gum if she would come back....
then the tiniest voice came from my left. she said "me? (
Grammy) mom? I have
definitely never ran so fast. When she saw me coming guess what she did?!! Wish I could say that she ran joyfully into my arms as kids do in movies when they were lost.... Not mine. She screamed and took off the other direction laughing in hysterics like it was the coolest game she's ever played.
After I caught her and walked back to "me" who almost had the store clerks calling for help, I locked her back up in
seat belt and tried to explain how she has to stay close to me. She has no
concept of someone taking her. I guess in a 2 year
olds mind clothes racks and long isles is a hide and go seek haven...it's my new worst nightmare.
Eric and I just got home from a family trip to
TJMaxx. He needs new dress clothes and
I'm looking for a dress for summer weddings. We took turns. He tried on and I stayed with the kids. We sat in the isle and read books and played with the toys till
Eric was done. When he came out we explained to her that now she had to sit with Daddy till mom was done. I tried on 3 dresses and on my way out of the dressing room I could hear her yelling. They were waiting for me outside the room and Eric looked stressed. He says "there was almost a child-abuse situation here". Apparently she ran from him, and shes fast, and he had to leave Mr. B in the cart to try and catch her. By the way Bryce is dying from the common cold today so he has been crying this whole trip too. I took
sayd to the car. Both kids have now pooped their pants and have to get changed in the car.
This just confirmed it. i cant go shopping anymore with them. even with another person. ill have get a sitter just to buy new underwear. I love them anyway
