I'm a Big Boy Now

A couple weeks ago, I decided that I would see if Brett was big enough to ride in a shopping cart without being in his car seat. He could sit up, so why not. He did a great job and Garrett was so happy and proud. He told everyone that we passed that "this is my brother!" They have cool shopping carts now, race cars and Barney mobiles...they never had things like that when I was growing up.

Big Brother showing me the ropes





It is so much easier to shop with both of them sitting in the front of the cart, not to mention that it lessens the likelihood of me being an unknowing shoplifter again. I have had a few occasions when Brett was sitting in the main part of the shopping cart in his car seat that after unloading the kids and all of the groceries into the car, I discovered an item that was hiding under Brett's car seat - unpaid for. After making it through the store, the check out line, and back to the car without any major meltdowns (and a couple times with a major meltdown)...admittedly, I was not willing to trek all the way back into the store to pay for the 1 item that I inadvertantly did not get out of the cart. I do have a conscience, though, and have subsequently admitted what happened and paid for the items on a subsequent trip to the store.