Why is it when we go out into crowds with our kids they become a different child. All morning long my kids were fabulous! They would answer me saying "Yes ma'am" and "no thank you Mother", which by the way are very rare cases. Then as soon as you place them in the shopping carts something inside of them turns on and they are a totally different child. I swear those shopping carts have some sort of chemical on them that they clean with or something, that as soon as our kids breath it in or touch it they start screaming and whining and complaining.
For instance my sweet little Reagan, who is 2 was laughing and smiling in the car. I took her and her sister, Payton 4, out and walked into Target and placed them in their normal spots in the shopping cart and started pushing. As soon as I turned the corner she starts freaking out and screaming at me. I had no idea why. Still to this moment I have no idea why. So I tell her that she needs to stop that this is not how we act and sure enough within a few minutes she is back to her fun loving self.
I know you are probably thinking well that wasn't so bad, and no it wasn't but I didn't leave right away either. We went down the shampoo isle she wanted Dora shampoo. I said no ( we weren't needing any) and low and behold she flipped out. She hears no all the time she should be used to it. This event happened two more times and this is only in one store.
We then proceeded to Hastings I needed a book and I thought this might be a good day to check it out. Stupid me, we already had 4 temper tantrums, why in the world did I think that today was a good day to go anywhere else but home. We head toward the books and start looking. I allow the girls to look through some books that they are interested in while I start browsing for mine. I find my book and turn around to say, "put the books back it is time to go", Payton obeys, puts her book down and gets up. Reagan on the other had ignores the first demand but obeys the second and starts walking toward the main isle. I asked her again to put it back and she still ignores me. So of course I go to her and take the book away from her as she struggles to hold on and starts screaming at me. All moms know the look where your kids are being a little too loud and people lightly glance over their shoulders, eyes squinted to see what is going on and then quickly turn back around as if they didn't see anything important. That's the look I got. I finally got the book away from her and put it on the shelf. As I turned to grab her and walk toward the check out she had another book in her hand. OMG!! This child is really testing the limits today. Same process!! Me grabbing, her screaming, and people looking(although this time they were more interested and watched a little longer with their eyes wide open, and of course some whispers among themselves). As I get the book free from her hands I put it on the nearest shelf and pick her up, still screaming mind you. When I picked her up she threw herself backwards, arching her back over my arm which is not very strong, making me drop everything to save her from her head hitting the thin carpeted cement floor. Payed for my book and bailed, headed straight for the house.
............5 mins. later happy as can be singing away to Old McDonald.
Oh happy shopping!
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