~Lets go Kroger-ing~

Have you ever taken 3 kids, 3 and under grocery shopping? Need I say more ;) Probably not, but I will.

The trip started okay, as I was able to secure the cart with the add-on bench seat thing (which is impossible to push!), so I technically had a seat for everyone (Julie stayed in her car seat clipped onto the cart). However, to start with, Kayla wanted to walk, and actually was pretty good for about five minutes. Then I make her sit because she had decided to stop listening, and she proceeds to loudly cry for the next ten minutes-- meanwhile Matt unclips his seat belt and RUNS as fast as he can away from me. I catch Matt (amazing cause did I mention I'm pushing the cart that's impossible to push- thankfully he decided to not go too far and responded rather well to my evil eye as I approached him) give him a warning that he's not going to get his O-E-O's (oreos) after lunch if he doesn't start behaving. Kayla continues to cry/whine... "pleeease mommy, I walk" I eventually make a deal with her that if she stops whining/crying I'll let her walk-- she never did get to walk.

>>>Fast forward to us getting to the self-checkout (I have to do that cause the cart I have will not fit in the normal checkouts where they do the work)-- I find a couple items are extra in the cart-- courtesy of the kids "helping", and Kayla has taken a bite out of the banana peal (gross!). While I'm scanning items, they both stand on the seats talking to people passing by-- I'm sure they were thinking what a wonderful mom I am, to have such control over her kids (NOT). Anyway, we did all make it home, no one's head got cracked open by standing on the seats-- and somehow I didn't lose my mind-- so it's all good. By the way, no one ended up with Oreos after lunch although they were both so "SOWWY" (which I heard the entire way home and throughout lunch). Ah, life with twins. Thank God I decided to work the trip to be during one of Julie's naps, cause her crying would have certainly put me over the edge. Thankfully it'll be a few days before I have to brave Sams club-- at least they have the double carts there that are somewhat easier to push.