Yet Another Shopping Disaster...

A child who refuses to ride in a cart is frustrating. Despite having radar and being able to spot every candy/toy within a 20ft radius, Hayden is also a wanderer. He doesn't really pay attention to what's going on around him. For his sake, I should keep in mind that Walmart is probably heaven to him. Toys upon toys and more candy than he can imagine. However, when you're in a hurry, that doesn't really matter. On one particular day, Hayden was being quite the little ray of sunshine and all I wanted to do was leave. To speed things up, Matt picked Hayden up and walked to the cash with him so we could pay. Well, apparently Hayden wasn't done "shopping" and didn't want any part of Matt carrying him. While squirming around with no success, Hayden decided he was going to do what he does best. Yell. After repeatedly saying, PUT ME DOWN, Hayden stops, looks at Matt and calls him a dork. When a 3yr old calls you a dork, it's really funny. Both Matt and the cashier started giggling. I just kept pretending he wasn't my child. Don't even lie, you know you've done it too. Hayden was obviously upset that he was being laughed at because he looks Matt right in the face and says "Oh, you think you're funny eh?!!?". An adult statement coming out of a 3yr olds mouth is hilarious. At that moment, it didn't matter to anyone around that he had been the devil 10 seconds prior to that statement. Anyone within earshot was laughing. I was okay with him being my son again....lol

Shopping...a bringer of nightmares

Shopping with children until the age of 5 or 6 is quite an ordeal. I have tried Hayden's entire life to do all of the shopping that needs to be done without him. One particular incident stands out quite clearly in my mind. Being a 2 year old, you don't really know much about shopping. Hayden sees me put things in the cart, which in turn makes him think he can put things in the cart as well. It's not too hard to put back some of the things he puts in the cart when he's not looking. However, Hayden may have found the one thing that isn't so easy to put back. We were in the candy aisle; that's obviously strike one when you have a 2 year old with you. Anyway, we were in the candy aisle, I can't remember what we were looking for, when Hayden decided to take a plastic container full of jelly beans and put it in the cart. Being quite short, it took him quite some effort to do this, so really it was more of a 'toss' than a 'place' in the cart. Have you ever dropped a container full of jelly beans at any height? Well if you haven't, let me explain. There's a thin, plastic seal along the lid of the container. Apparently, when you drop the container, the seal breaks. And when that seal breaks, the container opens. And when the container opens, a 2 year old is now in heaven and he's hit the jackpot. All over the floor were hundreds of jelly beans. There is no parent book out there that prepares you for a scene like this. With a loud, YAAAAA!!!!, Hayden began to run around picking up as many jelly beans as he could and starting shoving them in his mouth. So, I did what every mother would do. I picked Hayden up, and booked it! There was no way I was staying around for that! I sure do hope no one tripped on those jelly beans, and if you did, how did you not see them!?