What was I thinking?!?

Yesterday morning I felt adventurous...

What was I thinking?

I just had the 2 little guys so I thought we would head over to Academy, I needed to pick up a few uniform shirts for Sour Apple, then we could go have lunch at Chick-Fil-A then run to Target for a few more storage/organizational supplies. I even told Boog I would let him take a toy (you know, buy one of course) if he was a good boy and would help me.

Academy went off pretty much without a hitch. Mostly...

Off to Chick-Fil-A. I tell Boog we are going to drive-thru and eat in the car before we go to Target. He says he really wants to eat inside because he has never been in there before. I say ok, sure why not, we were not really in a hurry.

What was I thinking?

Well, as if that were not enough, Target is in the same parking lot so I thought "Hey, why don't we just park over at Target or somewhere in the middle and just walk so I do not have to get the kids out and back in their seats just to cross the parking lot. You know...save yourself some trouble Mommy."

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

So...we park at Target, I put on my black ring sling, pop Tutti-Frutti in, grab the big diaper bag, grab Boog's hand and off we go across the parking lot at 100 degrees in the afternoon.

What was I thinking?

We get not even half way across the parking lot and the diaper bag starts to slip off of my shoulder, again and again and again. Did I mention that I also had my high chair/shopping cart cover? Boog proceeds to start saying he cannot walk anymore. The bag is now in the bend of the arm I am using to hold on to Boog. Tutti-Frutti is leaning forward to see Boog, we are dodging traffic from every direction. The parking lot is full, the drive-thru is full and it is also the most jacked up drive-thru in town.

What was I thinking?

Ok, we get inside, diaper bag still in the bend of my arm, Tutti-Frutti still leaning, Boog still whining. We are next, Thank God! The man takes our order and I begin to realize I am alone, 2 small children, huge diaper bag, high chair cover, 2 drinks, 2 meals, a tray...I know, I know...people do it all of the time. I do it all of the time...why was today so different? The man sees I am obviously alone and asks if I might need help getting to the table. Wheew. Help! Great. "Yes, thank you, that would be awesome and would you mind grabbing me a high chair while you are at it?"

What was I thinking?

We get to the table, get everyone loaded up in their seats and guess what? The order is wrong. Are you kidding me?

I ask the lady sitting across from me (she looked nice) if she would keep an eye on the kids while I just ran to the register, I could still see the table but it made me feel better anyway. I get to the register, tell them my order was wrong and ask if they would mind bringing it to my table when it was ready because I left my kids and needed to get back to them.

What was I thinking?

We sit for what must have been almost 10 minutes, no one has come with Boog's food, yes it was his they messed up, always is. I keep standing up looking to see if they are on the way. By this time, the nice lady had packed up and left. I see them looking at me, I see them pointing in my direction, I wait...nothing. I look again, now they are asking some guy in line if he will bring my stuff to me. Are you kidding me? He is looking like he is lost. I finally get up, angry at this point and go to the register and tell them, "Thank you very much for your help. I am here alone with 2 small children and a little help would have been nice." I know, not the nicest thing to say. Oh well...

What was I thinking?

We finally finish our food, Tutti-Frutti was having his way with everything on the table and it took a while to get out of there. Boog really wanted a brownie but there was just no way I could bear standing in line and most likely getting the wrong thing again. I make a deal with him that when we leave Target we will drive through and get one to take home. I am thinking a cheesecake would have been good too so it sounds like a deal to me. So we pack up, I put the sling back on (generally I love this particular sling, it is quick and he likes to ride on my hip so it works well for us, not today...not when I have to carry a diaper bag on my shoulder and keep up with Boog.) only this time, I put the diaper bag on my shoulder first, then the sling, that seems to work much better. Load Tutti-Frutti back up, grab the high chair cover, grab Boog and head out the door toward Target.

What was I thinking?

We are not out the door good and the whining kid is back. "I cannot walk any more, my feet hurt, it is hot." I am thinking at this point, "Just get in the car and go home. Call it even and run for your life." But noooo, I carried on.

What was I thinking?

We get to Target...finally. Boog has recently decided that he likes to ride in the cart that has the 2 seats attached to the cart. Feels like you are driving a semi. I get the kids loaded up and strapped in and off we go. First we go look at book shelves, humm, I find one I like AND it is on sale. Must be fate. I load it up and carry on. It must have weighed 100lbs! Next we head over to the kid's bedding section. I find an activity table that would work great in the new playroom (more on that to come) AND it was on sale. Fate again, clearly! I by the skin of my teeth threw it up in the basket and continued my trek. Did I mention that it did not fit under the cart? It was hanging out a foot or so to the front and side, the book shelf was hanging out the top, I could barely see.

Now remember I had promised Boog he could take something but there was just no way I could drive the cart around Target and not be able to see this whole time. I have to convince him that we have to go to the car first then we will come back inside and look for a toy as soon as I find a few more things. He thankfully cooperated (it could have been very ugly) all on his own.

What was I thinking?

We get checked out, that was the easy part, and head out to the car. For those of you who do not know, I drive a beast, (well that is what I call her anyway) an Excursion. I should have plenty of room, right? Well, I have a single and double stroller, a swim vest and a baby float in the back. Humm, now what? I get the activity table loaded up on top of all the junk in the back and wonder now what in the heck am I going to do with the book shelf and better yet, HOW in the heck am I going to be able to do this alone. Oh great...I see 2 young guys heading my way. Thank God! I asked them if they would please help me load the mammoth book shelf into the beast and they said they would love to and were actually just about to ask if I needed help. They finally got it in the front seat, with the seat leaned back. They were so sweet. They even asked if I needed help with the boys!

We head back into Target...what was I thinking?

I had to get a few things for my desk then off to the toys we go. We must have walked up and down every aisle 12 times. You would think that if someone told you that you could buy something, you might find something you want. Not Boog, he wanted to look at everything. I thought we would never get out of there. Finally after about an hour, he picked a little Star Wars pack with 2 characters in it. Thank goodness. Now for the trip home...wheew, we finally made it.

WHAT WAS I THINKING? I know...I wasn't!

Boogers

Oh joy! We have discovered picking our nose around here. Too fun. Well, at least he is not eating them.

In bed this morning, laying around waiting on Tutti-Frutti to wake up so we could come down stairs....

Boog (picking his nose or something of the sort): "Eew! A booger!"

Me: "Gross, go get a kleenex and wipe it off."

Boog (booger stuck to his finger, trying to put it back in his nose): "I am putting it back."

Me: "No! That is gross, go wipe it on a kleenex."

Boog (putting booger back in nose): "Well, this is it's home!"

Well, technically I guess he was right...oh good greif!

We don't get out much...

Last night, only the two little kidlets were home. Sour Apple is still at camp (Yay, he made it the whole week!) and Lemon Drop was at a friend's house. We decided after dinner and baths that we would load up in our bed and watch a movie while the little ones passed out with the little kids. We chose Marley and Me. Boog had been wanting to see it, movies like that usually do not keep his attention for long and he was all about seeing the dog walk with his front legs hanging out of the car.

We have had this movie since the day it came out on dvd, and are only just now last night getting a chance to watch it. Have you seen it? I highly recommend it!

Anyway, the kids were tossing and turning, Tutti-Frutti was flipping and flopping all over the bed, he was so tired. We spent the day at a friend's house swimming, so they were both worn out. He finally dozed off laying at the end of the bed between my legs. I got him moved to his bed around 8:30. Boog on the other hand was really interested in the movie (go figure) so it took him a bit longer to fall asleep. He watched nearly the whole movie (not exactly kid friendly, but at least he is young enough to not know what was happening! Wheew!) He finally fell asleep toward the middle/end of the movie.

By the time the movie was over, I had been trying to hold back the tears (you know, because it is only a movie and I am not that sappy) well, that was a bad idea. By the time the movie was over, my head hurt, my throat hurt from the lump in it, I could not breathe, my stomach hurt...yea, you name it. Bad idea, should have just let the tears freely flow from the beginning, I would have felt much better. By the end of the movie, I was a crying, blubbering, snotty mess! Yay for our in bed movie date!

Moral of the story, beware of the age of your children when watching the movie, (although it is very cute)and go ahead and cry when the urge strikes...

Yea, we do not get out much!

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Weekly Wednesday...he's on the move.

No one is safe anymore...Poor Boog, all he wanted to do was put a puzzle together. Well, at least he is safe up there, right?

Poor Tutti-Frutti, all he wanted to do was help. Good thing he can only get one leg at a time off of the ground.

Uh-Oh...what's that? He is totally off of the ground? At least he is still on his knees!

What's that you say? He's standing?

Poor Boog, now he knows how the dog feels. Well, at least he cannot go up the stairs.

See, he just sits nicely and plays at the bottom.

Occasionally he stands up and bangs on the steps. It is cute really.

See?

He stands and plays, turns around to make sure you are watching, then goes off about his business elsewhere.

See, look at me, I am cute. Good thing he cannot possibly lift his leg up on the steps yet. I am not ready for that.

Well, we are still ok, right?

Well, crap...

Now what?

The look of V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! I am proud of myself.

Yay! I can do it "by myself!!"

Oh joy! Well, you can all rest easy...there is a gate for the bottom (and top) of our stairs. We have been moving furniture around so the gate was off. That might have been ok say....last week! Side note...as I was typing this, Daddy let him get up to the 4th step! Great! Just great!

Disney Day 4 -Disney's Hollywood Studios

Updated: I changed the privacy settings on the online album. It should work for everyone now. Oops, sorry. I thought if I linked to an album it would automatically allow viewers. Sorry! Now you should be able to just click on the picture and see our wonderful day!

Well, can we just say that I have been horrible at getting these vacation pictures up? I am terribly sorry too! There are so many of them, I have been uploading them to online albums as I get a chance. It takes forever. Anyway, all you have to do is click on the picture below and it will take you to the album and you can see all of the pictures from day 4. We spent the day at Hollywood Studios.

We started off with a Playhouse Disney Character Breakfast. Jo Jo, Goliath, Leo, and June were there. We had a great time. Boog loves the Playhouse Disney Characters. We did this breakfast the last time we were there too. My family loves breakfast! We do not go out for breakfast much while at home. I think it is crazy the price you have to pay for a pancake or egg! So, needless to say, this was an awesome treat for daddy and the kids. While we were eating though, Boog snapped the elastic on his cap and popped himself in the chin. Poor guy. He tried so hard not to cry.

After breakfast, we headed to Mommy and Sour Apple's favorite ride, Rock 'n' Rollercoaster with Aerosmith baby! My all time favorite! I feel the need for speed, dark, twists, turns and upside downs! Woo hoo!

After this trilling ride, we headed over to Tower of Terror, Daddy and Lemon Drop's favorite. I skipped because we were wanting to see Beauty and The Beast and head over for the Playhouse Disney show too. After the shows, we went into the Imagination of Disney. (I am sure that is not what it is called but I forget right now) Sour Apple (and Daddy) love to draw and inside we got to take a class and learn to draw Dug from the movie UP. Well, needless to say...I suck at drawing...somehow we managed to not get enough seats so daddy sat with Boog and did not get a chance to show all of his skills. He ended up finishing up for Boog though. I tried to get him to take my place because we all know I cannot even draw a circle! And at Disney, a circle is the beginning of everything! Oh well.

We headed out for a late (really late) lunch and to find a place for the parade, which by the way, we thought we were at the beginning and come to find out we were at the very end. Horrible place to watch from. They were all hot and tired by the time they got to us so they just waved and walked through the gate. Oh well.

After lunch we were off to ride Toy Story Mania, the new 4D ride. It was awesome! After that, we crossed the sidewalk and met with Buzz and Woody.

When we finished, the big kids wanted to go off on their own for a bit. We played in the Honey I shrunk the kids play area then went back to ride Toy Story Mania once again.

We met up with the kids a while later and had dinner at the Sci-Fi drive in. Awesome food.

The sad part of the day, we managed to lose a bag with a Rock 'n' Rollercoaster purse that Lemon Drop had picked out and a Yoda shirt we had gotten for Boog that said, "Judge me by my size, do you?" Oh well...maybe next time.

Enjoy the pictures but please let me know if you are unable to view them. Please excuse the quality and repeats, with there being so many, I did not edit any of them. I just uploaded all of them as they were. Straight out of the camera. Sorry. I hardly ever do that. Just did not have the time! We had a fantastic time. Enjoy!

Disney Day -Disney's Hollywood Studios

Falsely Accused

Poor little Boog. Today he was falsely accused...

guess that is what happens when your big brother finds brown stuff on your leg and on your lower back.

Sour Apple (loudly): "Boog! Go down stairs and find Momma."

Boog (screeching): "Why?"

Sour Apple: "Is that poop? Did you poop in your pants? Boog! You pooped! Go find Momma! MOMMA!"

Boog (crying at this point): "I did not poop in my pants!"

Daddy: "Do you need to poo poo? Come in here and get on the potty!"

Boog: "I do not need to poo poo!" (you guessed it...screeching!)

Daddy: "Get in here and get on the potty!"

Boog: "I do not need to potty."

Daddy (looking in the underwear) "There is no poop in there. But there is poop on his leg and back." (wiping what appears to be poop from Boog) "That is not poop! It is chocolate!"

Boog: "I told you I did not poop!"

Sour Apple: "Then what was that on his leg?"

Daddy: "Chocolate, he had a granola bar earlier!"

Poor Boog...falsely accused.