The Governor talked me into using the "car" grocery cart at the store today. Familiar with these? The front end of the cart is a plastic car body with a bench seat and two steering wheels on the dash. These atrocious carts are hard to maneuver, hold fewer groceries, and are an overall pain to use. But the kids love them. So in a rare moment of parental fondness, I gave in and used The Car.
Big. Mistake.
Within minutes, The Governor is whining to get out of the car and The Senator is whining to get in to it. The Senator gets in and The Gov decideds he wants his spot back. They cannot both fit. Fighting ensues. Behold! The bakery! Look boys, I say, here is the bakery. Here are the glazed doughnuts with colorful sprinkles. You may each choose one, and if there is no more fighting...you may eat your doughnuts on the way home!
Doughnuts are chosen. Doughnuts are bagged. Doughnuts are promptly forgotten in the dairy section as fighting breaks out once again.
I battled my way through the rest of the store, abreviating my list dramatically, and by the time we were checking out, The Gov was in full melt-down. The Senator was whining about something and I went crazy. I grabbed the doughnut bag. "See this, boys? These are the doughnuts. See that? That's a trash can! Guess where these doughnuts are going if you don't both pipe down right now and remain quiet until we get to our car? That's right. Straight into the trash!"
The boys were instantly silent. So was the checkout lady. And the other customers. I must have looked positively wild.
I finished bagging groceries and as we were heading out the door, The Governor points his finger at me and yells, "Bad Ninja!"
Breezy and Hoocher really enjoyed sharing his doughnut.
Posted by Cathy at July 7, 2004 10:18 PMDid you make the Governor watch as Hoocher and Breezy ate his doughnut?
Posted by: aelfheld at July 8, 2004 08:26 AMhey kath. or cath, im not sure. got your blog address from tiff and have enjoyed it. great to hear of all the happenings up north there at the outpost. never a dull moment. having fun reading your stuff and stop by for a beverage of your choice sometime. andy r
Posted by: andy r at July 8, 2004 09:31 AMWhy Aelfheld, not only did I make The Governor watch...I made him feed his own doughnut to the dogs.
Hey Andy! Thanks for leaving the comment. It's always nice to know who's reading. Thanks for the offer; I'll be by!
Posted by: Cathy at July 8, 2004 10:14 AMTop quality parenting. I am of a similar mindset when it comes to such things.
Posted by: Andy at July 8, 2004 12:08 PMI just spent the last 5 days visiting with old friends that have a 2 and a 4 year old. I have a much greater respect for parenting and a greater understanding of some of your posts, like this one.
Posted by: Matthew at July 8, 2004 06:18 PMThe Cub Foods by my house has duct tape in aisle 14 (the last one). It should be in aisle 1. I don't think it's unethical to open a package in the store as long as you save the wrapper and pay for it at the end. Besides, it's not like the cashier will think you brought your kids in already wrapped in silver restraints.
Posted by: oh brother at July 8, 2004 09:38 PM