Wow what an outing!!

Today the girls and I broke out. We had a meeting and it was decided that we would brave the park. I gathered everything up that we would need. Just the trip to the car should have set off bells and whistles that this was going to be an adventure. At one point I had Lily walking, Charlotte on my hip, the diaper bag, the shopping cart cover and the umbrella stroller. The last two items were things that were brought "just in case." Sigh... We get into the car and are off to the park. Lily is beyond excited and Charlotte is asleep. We get there and I thought it would be good to leave behind my wallet (I carry it in my diaper bag). No big deal. I get everybody out and decided to go ahead and use the double stroller. We begin the walk from the parking lot to the actual park. Now, I am not a big coat wearer. It has to be REALLY cold for that to happen. I had the girls well bundled but I really thought that I would be ok. Well, I was wrong. I get about half way down the path and turn around to go back to the car. I knew that I had a sweat-shirt somewhere in the there. We get back to the car I look all around no sweat-shirt. I look under the basket of the stroller and Ta-da there it was. I think that there should have been BIG flashing red lights telling me NOT to proceed!

Back on the path.. this time we are all warm! The park was good. Lily had a good time. Until she found the swings. She LOVES the swings. We swung for 45 minutes! She wouldn't get off. I tried all of our tricks and she wasn't having it. Finally I removed her from the swing. Boy did I pay for it! She had a mother of a tantrum. We, umm, I walked out carrying her, and pushing Charlotte. I found a bench and tried to calm her. Yeah, that didn't go over well. She just kept saying "blue, blue!!!" The swing was blue. I then made the executive decision that it was time to go. By this time Lily was screaming. We got to the car and strap her in (that went well:-) and we started home. I was treated to screaming choruses of "Mommy huggie" for most of the ride! When Lily gets to this point all she wants in the world is just to sit in my lap and be held. Kinda hard to do when you are trying desperately to get her home. As we make our way home I remember that I needed to stop off and get milk. Lily has started to calm down a little and all I needed was milk. Famous last words!!! (Where are the red lights!!!!!)

I tell Lily that we have to stop and get milk which is met with more choruses of "huggie Mommy." It is so upsetting when she does this. Because when I say melt down I mean melt down. She cry's so hard she can't think. Horrible. While sitting in at the light to turn into the supermarket at least a dozen times I talk myself out of actually going in. But then the light changes and I choose to go for it. I got myself out and opened Lily's door. We hug for a long time, give kisses and she looks better. Still not totally great, but much better. I take her out lock the car and get a cart. Come back and put the new shopping cart cover over the cart. Lily is doing great and standing on the white parking line (this is how I keep her next to me). Charlotte gets un buckled and I try to put her in the cart. In my rush to get her in I didn't put the seat part of the shopping cart down. Crap. With Charlotte dangling in my arms and trying to keep a now bored 2 year old still I get the seat down. Everything looks good. We start towards the store.... but oh yeah that is right... my wallet is in the glove compartment!!! OMG!! I JUST NEED MILK!!! This is what I am thinking/screaming in my head at this point! Back to the car we go. Oh I also forgot to mention that this store's parking lot is on a slant. We get back to the car. I back the cart in, kept my foot on the cart, Lily wrangled between my knees, and I am leaning into the car to get my wallet. Success!

Back to the store. Lily does really well considering, and I am loving the new shopping cart cover for Charlotte. We get the milk and a hand-ful of other things I thought of and I got to the cashier a quickly as possible. Once we paid Lily decide that she no longer wished to comply with holing my hand. So I pulled the old "ok Lily see you later..." and I act like I am going to leave the store. NORAMLLY she laughs and runs after me. Today she burst into tears. Once she started to cry I of course stopped the cart and practically started begging her to please come on so we could go home. Then I hear a sound like doors trying to close. When I stopped the cart I stopped it IN the automatic doors that were now trying to shut on poor Charlotte. Thankfully, she was fine. Lily came over at that point. All I could do was laugh. It was either that or cry! LOL

We made it home w/out anymore tears.

But does it end there.... really why should it!!!! Hey, if I didn't live it I wouldn't believe this day.

So part of the "other" things I bought was something called Veet. It is suppose to help remove leg hair. Please someone tell me why OH WHY I try these things. I KNOW that I have sensitive skin, I KNOW that NORMALLY these things either burn me or don't work. But still I bought it. I tried it this afternoon and was very happy with the results on my right leg. The girls were playing nicely and I went ahead and did my left. Yeah.. I have a 1-2nd degree chemical burn on my left leg now!!! ROFL!! How I couldn't tell ya. But I have spent the whole night with an ice pack on my leg. It did work REALLY well though for the rest of my legs. LOL

There was a very bright shinning part of the day that will have it's own post but for now I am going to try sort through the days events and go to bed! I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!!! LOL