Shopping with Cayden and Kynlie

Ya know there are days when I wonder why I am the way I am...anal, grouchy, etc...well this morning was a prime example.

Last night I decided I would take the kids early this morning and run to Wal-mart to get the couple of things I'd need to get through the week. I didn't want to wait till 10 or 11 because I knew it would fill up fast. So at 8:00 we left the house. We get there and Cayden asked if they could ride in the cart that has the two blue seats in the front of the cart. I said "ok"...that was my first mistake...I don't know why I never remember that I hate those carts. My kids can unlock those straps and be jumping up and down before we are in the main doors. I am a dumb***! Anyways so we get inside and we head to get shampoo for Matt....."why does daddy like that shampoo, it's purple! Isn't that for girls?" Then this poor unsuspecting woman says "hi" to them...what a moron! Cayden tells this woman that his Uncle Will is homeless and has to come live with us, and that his daddy didn't live with us just his uncle Will. I don't know where he gets this stuff. I wanted to leave the cart and run away. Kynlie just kept saying "hi" over and over. After I pulled away from her Cayden and Kynlie started yelling "hey" back and forth gettting louder and louder each time. Until this older gentleman looked at them then at me and back at them and said "you know little ones (I liked how he said little ones) Santa can hear you." I wanted to hug him because they stopped....for 10 minutes! So then we go by the shoes and Cayden does need some snow boots so I find some that I thought were really quite nice and proceed to take Cayden's shoe off to see if they fit. Well Kynlie didn't like that she didn't get to take her shoe off so for the next 15 minutes I put her shoe back on 7 count them 7 times! The last time I did it I said not to quietly that if she did it again I was going to leave her shoe in the store and she would have to walk around with only one shoe on. She very loudly said "NO". I then hear the woman who, bless her heart had been following me around the store, by chance I think picking up all the stuff we had dropped, I hear her just laugh out loud! I turned around and she says "I needed that this morning!" Well good for you I thought! Anyways in the baking aisle after putting Kynlie back into the stupid seat for the I don't know 100th time, I said "I swear to God if I have to put you back in this seat again I am going to leave you here". Cayden then says, "mom if you left us here could other people buy us?" I didn't answer. Then finally I get to the checkout, I get all the stuff up on the dealy and I turn and look back at the kids and I don't see Kynlie. I run back and nope she's not there. I freaked out! I started running around yelling her name over and over! Cayden is following me yelling too. I get two lanes over and this same lady that had followed me around the store says "this must be Kynlie" there she was trying to get a pop out of the little fridge. I picked her up and grabbed Cayden's arm, and took them back to the cart. I had to take deep breaths because I don't think I have ever in my life been that scared! All I could think of was I have three choices, beat my kids, cry in the store, or suck it up and pay for your stuff and never ever get one of these stupid carts again. Well I didn't beat them or cry so I'm pretty proud of myself!

All I have to say is I'm tired!