Groceries

I took the little dude to the grocery store by myself today, leaving the other two at home doing laundry. We had a really nice time. The little guy picked out which broccoli, pineapple, and cereal box we got, and he likes to throw the groceries on the belt at the checkout counter (literally throw them-- you have to have fast hands to beat him to the breakable stuff).

Anyway, the Kroger we go to has these adorable little carts that are just his size. It takes a lot of energy to keep him from crashing into the end-caps or the other shoppers, but he loves it. Sometimes he'll get going fast, get distracted, and stop to look at something while the cart goes careening away from him. Since I was alone with him and we just had a short list (ha!), I thought we'd just use the little cart. Well, we fit $75 worth of groceries into that little cart, including three half-gallons of milk, two cartons of OJ, cereal, crackers, deli meat, ice cream, bananas, and more. It was like a game of tetris trying to fit everything in that teeny tiny little cart. Next time I think we'll err on the side of caution and take a big one.

In conclusion, here's a completely unrelated picture: