Grocery shopping

I don't feel like I have wrote anything about grocery shopping. It is miserable. I actually like to meal plan, make a list, and actually get the food in the store, but my circumstances make it something to dread. Anything with babies is 5 times harder. Making sure their hair looks somewhat presentable after nap time takes extra time and fighting since we don't want to look like your stereotypical Walmart people. (which we do a lot usually anyway)  However, you add winter, and I am taking on and off coats as I buckle both in car seats. The car is freezing and doesn't warm up by the time we get to our two stores: usually Walmart and Aldi.

BEFORE

AFTER

 Getting to the car is an adventure on it's own. It is a little bit of a walk down the stairs, down the sidewalk and then down another flight of stairs. I usually just carry Jordyn, but I thought I would be kind and let her have a little freedom even if it did take longer. Madison all of sudden burst out giggling and couldn't stop because she said that Jordyn "walked goofy".

Coats on..ready to go!

I open the door for Madison before loading Jordyn in because she insists on climbing in herself. She also locks and shut the door as well. I just have to unlock her door and re-open it to buckle her in. We have a system and I just let her do her thing.

Aldi is actually usually a fairly good experience. The carts have two seats in the front, plus I am pleasantly surprised how much food I get for the price. However, after I pack my kids back in the car seats, and the groceries, we head next door to Walmart.

Walmart NEVER has working buckles on their one baby seat, they are either nonexistent or too bent to click. So while I am training Madison to stay close to the cart and stay out of people's way (she is doing fairly well), I am fighting with Jordyn to not do dangerous things in the cart, (since I cannot buckle her down). I even had a Walmart employee tell me to use the buckle once. She got an earful. I kinda felt bad, but not really.

After we get our food, which is fairly quickly. I can work through those aisles very fast. I have a  system. We wait in line for longer then we shop. Oh well...... such is life.

Madison is usually dancing throughout the store

Jordyn doing dangerous things

 I load the groceries then take coats off my kids to load them in car seats. We get home and I put their coats back on and get them out of the car. We live a bit of a walk from where we park our car so I take multiple trips taking in groceries to the house after I have put my kids in their room to play or even turn on a movie so they wills stay put while I run up and down stairs and sidewalks from my apartment to my car. In the cold this is especially miserable. However, I have to add; a year ago when it was super hot and I was super pregnant, I literally bawled the whole time I was carrying these groceries in. The weather adds, but it is miserable either way.

Saying "cold" in sign language

Anyways, sorry for the long description. I feel like I just may want to remember this crazy escapade someday. Writing about it actually helps me see the ridiculous humor in the situation instead of miserable and angry.