No wonder I don’t go shopping much!

P.S. Did you find the dresses you were hoping for?

A friend of mine called me a couple days ago and invited me to make the 2 hour trip to the city. We took her 5 year old daughter, my 3 year old son, and my 19 month old daughter (who went home with Daddy after he got off work downtown). At Kohl’s, we selected a double shopping stroller, and the kids climbed inside. It wasn’t the triple disappearing act that my son performed that make me share this story, nor was it his successful attempt to sneak his hand out and knock an entire shelf of folded T-shirts to the floor.

Just as we were about to make our purchases, I noticed a thick string of lime green gum in my son’s hair at the base of his neck. He reached up and felt it at the same moment, and I watched a lower lip protrude, eyes widen, then, “OOOOOOO!!!!! Riley put gum in my hair!!!” Into the bathroom we went to attempt to dislodge the gluey mess McGiver style. I was somewhat successful. You can barely tell where I cut the gum out, and I learned two lessons. Never let a child chew gum while sitting behind someone, and never leave home without a jar of peanut butter!”

I was in Macy’s with my cousin and her daughter (who was about a year old at the time). My cousin went into a dressing room to try on some clothes and I stayed with her daughter who was in a stroller. She was the type of baby who would often start to gag (for lack of a better word) for no apparent reason. As we were waiting for her mom to finish up in the dressing room, she started to gag and it was clear that she was going to get sick. I didn’t know what else to do but cup my hands under her mouth. So there I was, standing in the middle of the store with my hands full (the baby was doing absolutely fine) and nobody in sight to help me. I finally saw a sales clerk and asked her to get my cousin out of the dressing room so that I could go to the restroom to wash my hands!

I bet Jackson will remember how much fun this shopping trip was for years and years to come!