Mom Plus Four At The Store

So, tonight we are 'hoping' to go to Bingo Night at Sawyer's school. Since this is also my scheduled grocery night, I made an executive decision. I took the kids (All 4) to the grocery with me. You've already seen the shopping cart of choice at my particular store. So three rode while one walked. One of the three was NOT a happy camper. She thinks she is as big as Judson and should be allowed all privileges granted to her big brother. (Let me just state, had I an option to put all four in a cart with a belt on, I would have used that option. I was constantly telling Judson to stop touching the food/produce since other folks didn't want his germs on their food.)

Mom, being the 'bad mom' that she is, FORGOT to give the kids their mid-morning snack before leaving the house. SO, being the 'bad shopper' that I am, I grabbed a bag of rice cakes and opened them up in the store. Three of the four loved them. Sawyer, threw his on the floor. A mini-meltdown was averted!

Gotta say, you get sympathy from the baggers when you carry multiple kids to the grocery with you. They never carry my groceries to the car when it's just Judson and I. Add one more kid, and I get the royal treatment. Add 3 more, and they are eager to get you out of the store and jump at the chance to take the groceries out. The teenish guy that carried our groceries out loaded the groceries and held Turner while I strapped Sawyer in the car. (Scared I might leave him??) He said something like, "Parenting isn't a game" TO which I replied, "It aint for sissies".

So I live to tell the tale of going to the grocery with 4 children. It was pleasant for the most part and all survived. Sawyer and Turner had a great time greeting everyone they saw. We all got a laugh out of watching Turner towards the end of our trip. He was knodding off while sitting on his perch. He looked like the perverbial old man at church...sitting straight up but knodding his head back and forth. I was sure he'd conk his head on the buggy but never did. Will I do it again? Ummmm....let's hope that dad will be able to watch the majority of the pack next time.