Adventures in grocery shopping
So I took Rachel grocery shopping while Jessica was at camp today. Started out great. She picked out which cart we would use, put in the quarter (like a "big girl") and then climbed in said cart. She "wrote" her own list while we shopped, helped me put things in the cart and generally speaking, was a wonderful shopping partner.
Our grocery store of choice today was the No Frills at Dixie, which is a good, cheap grocery store. All the PC products I like, decent produce and a dollar-store section. We toured the dollar store section and I told Rachel she could pick out one toy. After much deliberation, we opted for the "little girl with horsey," which won out over the fairy. So Rachel played with the little girl and her horse for the remainder of the shopping excursion.
Everything was fine and dandy (including a wonderful FAME dancing distraction (with sea salt maraca) down the spice aisle), until The Checkout. As the checkout lady scanned the "little girl with horsey," screams of "I want the FAIRY!" emerged from Rachel's mouth. They grew louder and louder until most of the customers in the other aisles were *pointedly* not looking at us. Ah yes, life with a two-year-old. Since we are having a big backyard bash this weekend, the grocery bill was enormous, so we were lucky enough to endure the screaming for what seemed like an hour, but was probably more like 10 minutes.
It was so bad at the end, that I actually left my No Frills cart with the quarter still inside (a big deal, considering it's my grocery shopping quarter I keep in my side door at all times). She continued to scream until we passed the 427 - fun fun fun fun fun. Lol. So this is life with a two-year-old??
Our grocery store of choice today was the No Frills at Dixie, which is a good, cheap grocery store. All the PC products I like, decent produce and a dollar-store section. We toured the dollar store section and I told Rachel she could pick out one toy. After much deliberation, we opted for the "little girl with horsey," which won out over the fairy. So Rachel played with the little girl and her horse for the remainder of the shopping excursion.
Everything was fine and dandy (including a wonderful FAME dancing distraction (with sea salt maraca) down the spice aisle), until The Checkout. As the checkout lady scanned the "little girl with horsey," screams of "I want the FAIRY!" emerged from Rachel's mouth. They grew louder and louder until most of the customers in the other aisles were *pointedly* not looking at us. Ah yes, life with a two-year-old. Since we are having a big backyard bash this weekend, the grocery bill was enormous, so we were lucky enough to endure the screaming for what seemed like an hour, but was probably more like 10 minutes.
It was so bad at the end, that I actually left my No Frills cart with the quarter still inside (a big deal, considering it's my grocery shopping quarter I keep in my side door at all times). She continued to scream until we passed the 427 - fun fun fun fun fun. Lol. So this is life with a two-year-old??
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