Shoe Shopping

My boys got out of school July 2nd and since we are on a dreadful year round schedule, they start their new classes July 21st. Thank you Davis County for the 19 day summer. Anyway, I took the boys school shopping today for a few things including new school shoes. You know the shopping trip was eventful when you start blogging in your head as you drive home. Next year, I am going to the store childless to pick out all back-to-school items on my own. Uhg!

Our trip started out pretty uneventful. We got the van registered, signed both boys up for soccer, ate at Artic Circle, and looked for few clothing items at a couple different stores. We had everything crossed off the list and headed to Ross to look for shoes. I love Ross. They have the greatest prices. Anyway less than two minutes into our shoe shopping, Davis fell out of the shopping cart, earning me many harsh looks and the worst mom in the world award.

I know what you are all thinking, since the woman standing next to me was kind enough to voice it out loud---What was he doing in the back of the basket to begin with?

WELL, sister, I know it is hard to put together, but when you take four children to the store, BY YOURSELF, and those four children are MY CRAZY CHILDREN, it is sometimes helpful to have at least 2 of them confined to a shopping cart. I realize the youngest should have been in the front securely buckled, but he was SCREAMING at the tops of his lungs to be in the BACK as I tried to squish his legs down into the slots of the seat. Then his sister started CRYING her high pitched cry because she was VERY tired and wanted to be in the front of the basket. After a long day of shopping and fighting kids, I decided I was too tired to put up with it, and I let them have their way. THANKS FOR RUBBING IT IN!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes people can be so rude.

I quickly scooped Davis up, bleeding lip and all, and rounded up the troops to leave. We drove to SONIC which is right next door to get some ice and slushes. Thank goodness it was HAPPY HOUR. By now, Davis was happy too. His lip had stopped bleeding and had just a very small cut. Funny how much those mouth cuts bleed sometimes. It wasn't funny, however, that less than two minutes after giving him his drink, Davis shoved his straw right through his styrofoam cup spilling its contents all over himself and his car seat. I HATE those darn Sonic cups. LOVE the drinks, hate the cups!

After finishing our drinks and cleaning up the mess, we went back to Ross to look for shoes. Sigh. If you saw the condition of my boys shoes now, and then looked at my calendar for the rest of the week, you would understand why I was so determined to do this TODAY!

Once back at the store, Bennett picked out his shoes quickly and then decided to serenade Carson and I with Micheal Jackson tunes as his indecisive brother tried on every shoe in the store. Judging by the looks of passers by, there were not many Jackson fans in the store that day. Maybe they were just annoyed with Bennett, who did know almost every word to Man in the Mirror, Beat it, and Black or White. I made him keep it quiet and only allowed him to sing each song once, but COME ON people lighten up! He is a bored 8-year-old. Trust me, he could be A LOT worse.

Carson FINALLY made his shoe choice and we all headed to the check out. The line was a mile long, and there was only ONE checker. That, however, was nothing compared to the woman behind me in line who stood so close to me that she clearly had no personal-space boundaries. I gave her the best BACK OFF look I could give, but every time I inched forward she did too. If I had turned around to face her, I think we would have seriously been close enough that our noses may have possibly touched. Why do people do that? Do they think they are going to get to the check out quicker that way? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Obviously, I need a nap.

P.S. Davis is fine. Fat lip is gone and he luckily has no bruises on his noggin.

P.S.S. I still love Ross, even though they have weird shoppers and one crappy checker!