Sunday, July 17, 2016

After we dropped Daddy off at the airport to go spend time with the other uber elephants, we went on an “adventure.”  I thought it would be fun to go shop for plants for our garden, to buy some foods for us to enjoy, and to get a baby stroller for little doll baby Selah.  Boy was I wrong!

There is nothing beyond the first two minutes that a toddler finds enjoyable about Wally World.  I should know this.  I hated going to the grocery store growing up.  But somehow in my mind this is different.  This is “fun with Mommy time.”  By it’s not.

We did find plants.  We did find groceries.  We did get our new prized possession baby stroller….also good for carrying our French fries, our play-doh balls, and our magnetic letters.  And really good for thrill rides around the house when adults are willing and able to push us around (and around and around and around).

Though it was ultimately a successful hunt, it was NOT an enjoyable experience.  We screamed and writhed and threw things and hollered.  We cried big ole tears so that every stranger passing by would feel sorry for us.  But the more people stopped, the more frightened Miss Selah June acted.  It was a vicious cycle of warehouse terror….the terrorizing being terrorized.  I have never been so relieved to get out of Walmart, and that’s saying something.

We immediately sought the comfort of Aonic good drinks and French fries.  Of course they were too hot, and that was wildly upsetting.  We came home and things got immensely better when we could tear into our baby stroller.

I choose to remember that adventure through the pictures of this happy girl proudly displaying her stroller while saying cheese for the camera to show her Daddy.

Then we went for pot roast and mashed potatoes over to Aaron and Jessica’s house.  She was really excited to see Satie and ate at the table like a big girl right next to her.  And man she chowed down!! When kids are eating, she eats like a champ!  If only I could get her to concentrate that much at home!