Once upon a time...( I promise there is relevance) we were on line at Kroger (this morning actually) and there was this fanciful lady (a nice way of saying eccentric and gaudy) in front of us who had on the HUGEST sunglasses ever. Granted, she did resemble a big insect with bulging eyes and I would have loved to have had someone to exchange a smirk or look with. Instead, I have Lillie who's staring very intently at the lady's face. I know what is coming and yet, I have little power to control what comes out of her dimpled cheek face ( I seriously contemplated stepping out of line and changing lanes to avoid exactly what is about to play out). Lillie very loudly and dramatically says, "Look! Goggles Mommy!" while pointing to the ladies glasses. She then proceeds to ask her if she was going swimming? Parker starts cracking up at this question and as I start to shoot him a menacing and fierce "mind your manners glare" he reminds me that his goggles are broken and he needs new ones. Then Lillie tells me she wants pink ones and Parker can have her blue ones. All of this b/c the lady on line chose to wear her "superstar sunglasses" to go grocery shopping. Upon closer examination, Lillie notices that the fanciful lady is also wearing really high heels. I see her staring at them and try to divert her attention to the C-A-N-D-Y (poor parenting trick I know...) this has no impact as her mind is set on the pretty pink and black stilettos. I decide to try the other approach of stating the obvious to help guide her in saying the right thing by saying, "Oohh you like her pretty shoes." She nods her head and then asks the lady if she is a princess and if she is playing dress-up (proceeded by more hysterical laughter from Parker)
Yes Lillie, the lady is a princess wearing goggles playing dress up in her Louie Vuitons. It is our lucky morning... and everyone lived happily ever after!
The End~
Moral of the story: If anyone ever tells you life with kids is always an adventure and exciting... they aren't lying or exaggerating!
4 comments:
Too funny!!!! I love the way you write. Your kids are going to love to go back and read all of this later.
I miss you so much- I am gonna send you maddies days off in hopes we can coordinate a day together.
xxoo-
Heather
Heather, I had you in mind when I said I would have enjoyed sharing a good sideways glance or raised eyebrow look with someone!
Would love love love to see you soon!!!!!
Ok, so you didn't ever say what the lady's reaction was...was she a nice princess or an evil queen? =)
Gotta love kiddos! I love that Parker played it all up, agging it on just like an older sibling is supposed to!
Not so funny, but still along the same lines of kids saying what they think. . . when we were in the grocery today, Jovey saw a little girl in a wheel chair and says super loud, "Why is that little girl in a wheelchair, momma?" I could have died. I explained, as I hurried our cart quickly to another aisle, that she needed help to move around. Kids do say the darndest things, huh?
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