November
2007
A Little Verbal Exchange
Excerpt from a grocery trip conversation between Brandon and I.
Me:”What do you have to do in the store?”
Bran: “Hold onto the cart”
Me: “That’s right, you get an “A”"
Bran: “Andrew’s name starts with ‘A’”
The boys now don’t like to ride in the stroller, nor do they like to ride in the cart. I was lucky actually. They were willing to do both for a long time. But now it’s made life a bit more difficult. So the rule is, they have to hold onto the cart. Today, Drew had to ride because he repeatedly refused to hold on when I asked him to. Although he didn’t seem too upset about it, so it worked out fine for all of us. 
Now that they are walking around the store lots more things get put into the cart than what I’m planning to buy, so I am learning to maneuver strategically and find good places to dump off their loot! The boys have also figured out how to work the conveyor belt at the end of the checkout and so have been getting my grocery bags stuck under it at the end. It’s the kind of button where one side turns it on and you have to flip it the other way to turn it off. Unfortunately they’re not as fast as we would like them to be at flipping the switch. Although they are as fast as they want to be. At first the cashiers thought they were cute, now I’m not so sure they think that! Another week until we go again!
I have to say though, it’s alot of fun to see what interests them in the store (like whole grain crackers, who can say ‘no’ to that?) and to have conversations like the one above. It’s just hard to weigh those against the work it is to get through the store with all the groceries on the list, no extra snacks, and no tears from any of us! Happy shopping everyone!
Okay, that does it… it’s official… your kids are brilliant! “Andrew’s name starts with ‘A’”??? And they’re not even three yet! What smart boys…
Jeffery wants me to write that they take after their uncle. Very funny. Good thing its not true, or else you guys would have to be pretty worried about other things in their future childhoods, like being so smart that you knock yourself out while playing in the backyard by yourself and building an obstacle course… hmmmm…. (yup, pretty sure they DIDN’T get their smarts from Jeffery!)
Actually, after watching them jump off the stairs I was beginning to think they might have Jeffery’s genes after all.
Maybe it’s just Drew, who rolls right under Bran as he’s jumping.
You need to find a friend to go shopping with you! Especially once they start potty training (or did they do that already)? Remember those days, Shayna…
you need to find a grocery store with a race car shopping cart. caleb loves that- but then sadie’s the one we have trouble keeping in the cart.