just leave

Today we went to Stellar Beans for lunch. It was nice...kids were awesome and well behaved...

We were on the way home at 1:30 PM when I thought about running in to Ross for another laundry basket. This was both dumb and overly ambitious as it was nap time. All was going well until P threw a giant sized crying fit over the fact that I was not getting a laundry basket for his room. Seriously?! Like the kid cares about laundry tidiness. I was starting to sweat when my mom's words echoed in my head..."just leave."

So simple.

I ditched the buggy with the good laundry baskets and bolted. I have to admit I was ticked I had to abandon the only good, not beat up laundry baskets, but relieved and proud of myself for trying this new tactic. Everything would have been fine if Madi had not started shouting "Mom, we have to pay for it!"...You catch my drift... We caught many alerted stares. HAHA!  I loudly reminded her that we were not getting the baskets and we would come back later. As if I have time to shoplift with a seven-month-old strapped to my chest, a sobbing two-year-old and an overly cautious five-year-old who would obviously totally sell me down the river...I can laugh now...

Note to self: DO NOT ATEMPT SHOPPING AT NAP TIME.