just some cute pics i took of the kids this morning!
i figured it out! how to get through target without spending too much! just take my 3 kids with you! i'll gladly lend them to you anytime you'd like, free of charge. we went to target this morning. i've known for awhile now that i will have to get used to taking all 3 kids with me to target and country mart. these are the things that i always did while ellie was at preschool. preschool is over (listen to me weep.) so now i have all 3 all the time. so last night i decided to stop putting it off and just go. this morning we loaded up and headed to target. on the way i went over the rules. no slushies today, no asking for anything, we are sticking to the list. we started off pretty good and made it all the way to the diaper/baby isles before they forgot the rules.
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
i quickly grab diapers and wipes and start walking, hoping she will follow me before she finds anything else to ask for. too late.
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
i keep walking, we pass the lovely "outdoor room" section, but i barely glance because ellie has spotted all the cute kids gardening stuff.
ellie: MOMMY THEY HAVE STUFF WITH CATS ON IT!
me: (crap.) no, i didn't say it out loud.
sure enough, they have an entire line of adorable gardening things for kids that are pink with cats on them. boy do they know their market.
me: maybe for christmas, let's keep walking!
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
i keep walking, she eventually gives up and runs to catch up with me.
we repeated this scene several more times with the beach towells, the food isles, the craft isles, the pet isles. each time i rushed to get through as fast as possible so the insanity would be over. we finally made it to the blessed check-out, where (you guessed it!) the scene was repeated again.
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
hurray, we were done and heading out the door when, (crap.) it was pouring down rain. and of course, my adorable umbrella that i got at target a couple of weeks ago is in the car. now tell me, how do you get 3 kids across the parking lot and into the car without getting drenched? you don't. but we didn't melt, and we made it. we stuck to the list (well, almost. there were a couple of things that we needed that i forgot to put on the list. just a couple!) and we made it out alive! thanks to my own personal shoppers, i was so busy trying to keep them out of everything, that i didn't have time to be distracted by all the wonderful things target has to offer. so, like i said, you're welcome to borrow them the next time you enter the black hole!
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
i quickly grab diapers and wipes and start walking, hoping she will follow me before she finds anything else to ask for. too late.
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
i keep walking, we pass the lovely "outdoor room" section, but i barely glance because ellie has spotted all the cute kids gardening stuff.
ellie: MOMMY THEY HAVE STUFF WITH CATS ON IT!
me: (crap.) no, i didn't say it out loud.
sure enough, they have an entire line of adorable gardening things for kids that are pink with cats on them. boy do they know their market.
me: maybe for christmas, let's keep walking!
ellie: but. . .(insert one of many reasons she thinks will change my mind here.)
i keep walking, she eventually gives up and runs to catch up with me.
we repeated this scene several more times with the beach towells, the food isles, the craft isles, the pet isles. each time i rushed to get through as fast as possible so the insanity would be over. we finally made it to the blessed check-out, where (you guessed it!) the scene was repeated again.
ellie: mommy can i have . . .(insert one of many request here.)
me: no, it's not on the list.
hurray, we were done and heading out the door when, (crap.) it was pouring down rain. and of course, my adorable umbrella that i got at target a couple of weeks ago is in the car. now tell me, how do you get 3 kids across the parking lot and into the car without getting drenched? you don't. but we didn't melt, and we made it. we stuck to the list (well, almost. there were a couple of things that we needed that i forgot to put on the list. just a couple!) and we made it out alive! thanks to my own personal shoppers, i was so busy trying to keep them out of everything, that i didn't have time to be distracted by all the wonderful things target has to offer. so, like i said, you're welcome to borrow them the next time you enter the black hole!
2 comments:
FUNNY!!!! Love the visual image of you having those conversations!
I could totally hear Ellie doing that in my head!
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