Wal Mart: that's entire post in itself, but I'll get to that later. Baskets, buggies, grocery getters, or whatever else you call them can usually be found scattered throughout the parking lot, over flowing from the cart returns, or smack dab in the middle of the isle when you need to get by someone. The last place you would think of a cart being is on top of your child....
Today we made a quick Wal Mart trip to get a few things that are cheaper there than at Dillons. Make up, cleaning stuff, body wash, you know the essentials. I am the mother of a three year old and at three their listening skills are.....awful. You have to tell them something about 20 times and by the time you are yelling at them to listen they look at you like a crazy person and I get the usual repsonse "okay okay mommy". But we made it through out quick trip with no tantrums or upsets. She got her new Dora Cherry Berry body wash and a new ball (from the result of a Claw Machine incident (see next blog)) and she was peachy keen.
At the check out which is usually a prime place for a child tantrum and a mommy freak out which is where my story ends up. I found a short line right on the end by the door and quickly jumped in line so we're waiting and observing as the lady in front of me was rather frustrated at the cashier for not listening to anything she said "oh that doesn't need a bag" (wal mart lady) "oh here let me just bag that up for you" "no no that's okay" as the WM Lady bags it up and she gives her an eye roll. So then its our turn, I'm trying to get everything up there while telling my daughter ten times not to bounce the ball and put it in the cart. Then she's standing on the side of buggee to which I tell her another ten times to get off of. Then all heck breaks loose...
In fast but slow motion the cart falls over on top of her spilling my purse and the contents of the buggee and landing on top of my child! Honestly my first reaction was "you should have listened" but then mommy panic mode and threw the basket off of her Hulk Style grabbed her up as she's screaming and made sure she wasn't broken or bleeding. To which, Thank God, she wasn't. Just a few little bruises on her legs from where the cart landed on her. Which was to be expected.
Thought about suing Wal Mart for damages so I could sit at home and eat Bon Bons all day, kinda like the lady who sued McD's for the coffee being hot. But decided against it. Haha. So we got our groceries and headed home.
Oh the joys of being a mother to a three year old and I think another gray hair just popped up. Lol
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