I made a totally stupid rookie parent move the other day
Oh Lolli Lolli. Looks innocent enough, right?
Here’s the stupid part: I then took them to run errands at Target and Sam’s with me. THEY WENT INSANE. I’m not usually the parent that let’s my children run wild in public but I was simply over-matched. I didn’t even try to stop them. I didn’t want to be anywhere near them. Worse yet, I pretended they were someone else’s children. It was like they were on gummy bear meth, minus the rotten teeth part. Chocolate cocaine with speed sprinkles. Jelly bean quaaludes. Orange crank suckers. They were hanging off both sides of the shopping cart making it like pushing a car through mud. At one point and I had to suppress my primal urge to shake the cart violently enough to dislodge them, watch them drop to the tile like rag dolls and then, taking advantage of their disorientation, run like hell to the farthest corner of the store. I could have hidden for hours in the automotive section where they would least likely find me. There are many missed opportunities in life. The key is for us to learn from them.
Ev- I tried to find the article to which you eluded but there were tons of parenting articles on Huff Post’s site. I’m calling you next time my kids won’t leave me alone until I get them chocolate gummy bears. (yuck)
And next time you head to that store, let me know first, would ya??
Thought of it?? LOL
Although I don’t normally read the Huffington Post, someone posted a link on facebook yesterday of an article about how before kids she thought one thing and after kids how that goes right out the window. And I could see myself in every statement. If you have time, see if you can find it. It will make you feel so much better about yesterday.