I HATE . . .

Taking the kids to Wal-mart . . . or grocery shopping period! It's just NEVER a pleasant experience. Wal-mart is the worst though. I think because it's SO big and takes longer. On Wed. I was practically in tears. The whole time the kids were fighting and Brooke would not stay in the front seat. She kept climbing in the back with Jace who would poke her and call her names - provoking screaming fits. Then she started opening everything in site so I started putting everything on the very bottom part of the cart but the slots were too far apart and the items would just fall through. I felt like screaming! I held Brooke for a while but she's starting to get heavy and holding Brooke & my purse while pushing a cart filled with a Jace and a ton of groceries was just too much. Finally I had Jace get out and walk . .which is a risky move because you never know if he's in the mood to just run off. Brooke climbed in the back of the cart just as, you guessed it, Jace took off. In hind site - I should have just grabbed Brooke and took off after Jace leaving the cart behind but instead I quickly just tried to catch Jace on my own who was not too far off. When I returned 10 seconds later I found Brooke cracking raw eggs all over everything in the cart and saying "Yum, these eggs looks a tasty!" That's when the tears started to well up and I had to make a decision. I could either drop it and just take the kids home leaving everything there or finish what I started. The first was very tempting but I realized that if I didn't get the grocery shopping done now I would just have to come back later.. .YUCK! I stuck it out and wiped down the egg mess - thank goodness for sanitizing wet wipes. We got home safely with the shopping done. Now that I'm not in the moment I can laugh at this experience. Back on Wed. it was no where near funny. There are pro and cons to having little ones as there is to everything in life. Shopping with them is a con. On a brighter note here are some of the pros:

Jace has taking a liking to building all sorts of houses and buildings with blocks. He's getting so creative! This one is his superhero castle with all sorts of bombs and boobitraps. He explained what everything is in extreme detail but I seem to have forgotten.

This time he built our house and added a guest house, a garbage can out front, a chimney, and a house for all of his grandpas & grandmas to live in right next door.

He is my little double dose super hero. Superman in the front and Batman on the back. After the grocery shopping fiasco on Wed. he has turned into such a sweet little guy. I guess he realized I can only take so much.

He has recently become interested in Meteors and space. Whenever he gets really interested in something we always "google it up" - just make sure and monitor any you-tube videos you allow your kids to watch. He was a little frightened when he came across meteors that turned into people eating space creatures. . . lesson learned.

He also rearranged his bulletin board on his own. Can you see it? I noticed this the other day and couldn't stop laughing. I had to show Craig.


Zoom in . . . up close. Yes, that is what you think it is. After talking to Jace, I discovered that I was apparently mistaken . . . this is a rocket ship NOT a tampon. lol! He and his friend Andrew went through an entire box of these but they saved one as a memento and put it on his special bulletin board.


Another Pro is that Brooke has become a 'BIG' girl. She is using the big girl potty all the time now. So far I have had her in big girl underoos for a full 24hours with no accidents (not including bedtime.) YIPPY!!! Chocolate M&M potty treats has been quite the incentive! I'm so proud of her.


All in all I think I'm pretty blessed even if I end up with bad trips to the grocery store.

P.S. We will be heading back there soon since yesterday morning Brooke climbed onto the counter and ripped apart both loaves of bread - throwing them on the floor and stomping on them. Wish me luck!