Slightly Off-Balance

While my husband was on his guys trip this weekend, I stayed home with the kids.  I was thrilled to have no schedule to adhere to other than one soccer game.  I had planned to just relax with my kids, until I had the brilliant idea to do some shopping for my upcoming trip to New York.  Here are the effects of my bright idea…

1. While wearing flip-flops I had my foot run over by my insistent cart drivers SIX times
2. They opened the dressing room door, exposing my semi-naked body, TWICE
3. My daughter did “snow angels” on the floor of Ross – hello bath time!
4. I fed my kids two chocolate milks, two LARGE cookies, hotdogs and popcorn in an undisclosed order…
5. I had to bribe with a toy submarine, a Dora backpack, and two dollar-bin masks, AFTER say, I would not buy them anything
6. I ran into someone I knew at the exact moment I was hissing at my kids that they had better behave or else
7. I “temporarily” lost the car keys
8. I was impressed by my kids creativity when they devised dressing room games including
   • Different ways to wear a strapless bra and underwear (picture underwear on their heads with sunglasses over it)
   • How to turn plastic hangers into weapons
   • How high can they throw the tags that tell how many items I have in the dressing room
9. I almost inadvertently shoplifted when I found a bracelet in my purse, as I was pulling out my wallet at the register, that my daughter had decided she wanted
10. I have come up with a new mommy threat – “Be good or I will take you clothes shopping with me”

I have friends and family who would have watched the kids, but I decided I was supermom and could handle a few errands with the kids.   Isn’t it great how life reminds us that we there is no such thing as supermom?