This is what passes for a post these days
I was so bored this morning that I packed both kids up and drove to Target. We didn't need anything, but I just couldn't stomach the thought of sitting in this house one more minute.
When your day starts at 6:30 a.m, you are out of ideas by 10 a.m. We had already watched a video (that's upon awakening these days), eaten breakfast, gotten dressed, played with toys, read books, made a quilt and solved the nuclear proliferation problem.
The park was an option, but we couldn't stay there for two hours, so I decided to use that as my bribe for good behavior at the store. Except before we even left the driveway, that was taken away because Jack decided to crawl into the front seat and play with the automatic gate-opener instead of getting into his carseat.
Listening to the wail of lament from the backseat the entire drive, I had second thoughts about our outing. "But I waaaant to gooooooo to the paaaaark." But I would not be deterred! This is Target, damn it. They have Starbucks AND Pizza Hut. And cute little kids' shorts for $4. How can you beat $4 shorts? You can't.
We wandered around for a while, I picked up some Oxyclean, Jack tried to convince me he needed a brush (What? You don't even have enough hair to comb.) and Emmie kept turning around in the seat and hitting Jack in the head. I heard a grown man drop the F-bomb in the toy department (dude, check your audience) and played cart-chicken in the baby bath product aisle with another mom who looked just as weary as I did.
When Jack stood up and tried to climb out of the cart, I bid a fond farewell to the red-dot and drove slowly home. We had burned a whole hour, including travel time and a stop to pick up mail at our old house.
If it wasn't for Jack, we could have totally gone to the park and had fun. Instead we had to go home and stare at each other for another 30 minutes before it was time for lunch. We did each other's hair too, since I got suckered into buying a new brush.
Doesn't this make you want to be a stay-at-home mom? Action! Adventure! Thrills! We've got it all -- and all before noon.
When your day starts at 6:30 a.m, you are out of ideas by 10 a.m. We had already watched a video (that's upon awakening these days), eaten breakfast, gotten dressed, played with toys, read books, made a quilt and solved the nuclear proliferation problem.
The park was an option, but we couldn't stay there for two hours, so I decided to use that as my bribe for good behavior at the store. Except before we even left the driveway, that was taken away because Jack decided to crawl into the front seat and play with the automatic gate-opener instead of getting into his carseat.
Listening to the wail of lament from the backseat the entire drive, I had second thoughts about our outing. "But I waaaant to gooooooo to the paaaaark." But I would not be deterred! This is Target, damn it. They have Starbucks AND Pizza Hut. And cute little kids' shorts for $4. How can you beat $4 shorts? You can't.
We wandered around for a while, I picked up some Oxyclean, Jack tried to convince me he needed a brush (What? You don't even have enough hair to comb.) and Emmie kept turning around in the seat and hitting Jack in the head. I heard a grown man drop the F-bomb in the toy department (dude, check your audience) and played cart-chicken in the baby bath product aisle with another mom who looked just as weary as I did.
When Jack stood up and tried to climb out of the cart, I bid a fond farewell to the red-dot and drove slowly home. We had burned a whole hour, including travel time and a stop to pick up mail at our old house.
If it wasn't for Jack, we could have totally gone to the park and had fun. Instead we had to go home and stare at each other for another 30 minutes before it was time for lunch. We did each other's hair too, since I got suckered into buying a new brush.
Doesn't this make you want to be a stay-at-home mom? Action! Adventure! Thrills! We've got it all -- and all before noon.
posted by Amy at
8:40 PM
7 Comments:
That is how most of my days go too! But our Target does not have a Pizza Hut in it.
If my Target had a Starbucks I would set up camp there!
:)
Target is so my favorite "go to" place when things are just too much at home. Glad to hear someone else loves it too. I spent a glorious hour there the other night avoiding the family. After homeschooling my son and dealing with ADD/ODD issues. I needed some Me time. Too bad ours does not have a Starbucks. And the Pizza Hut is minimal. Oh for the days of the SuperTarget!
Target trips are a necessity for me at least once a week. There is something calming about roaming the aisles. Although, the trips were we end up with $100+ in items we don't need can take the fun out of our trip.
been there, I can relate. If the target in my area were closer, I'd be there weekly. I usually hit the mall once a week.
Sadly enough I'm actually jealous of this. The nearest Target is an hour and a half away (good God I'll be happy when we finally sell our house and I get the heck out of this loser town) so my big activity is typically the grocery store. Which of course just leads to impulse buys and my pants getting a little snug. At least now the snow has finally melted and we can go to the park - it wasn't even an option last week. My other option was just to force them play with each other and leave me alone so I can read a book. Only semi successful on the best of days
What?! I'm so jealous! You have a Starbucks in your Target? That's the stuff dreams are made of... Of course there are about 15 drive-through Starbucks between my house and Target... maybe it's just the thought of having an "all-in-one" experience. www.ModernMamaz.com
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