peelosophy

We used our Sit ‘n Stand yesterday at the Roger’s Produce.   It came in handy as you can see.   It’s tricky now because George is too big (on my terms) for a sling but he can’t walk, so he still needs to be in a stroller.  We go to Rogers once a week or so, and that is also tricky now because of winter, everything is inside — which is the size of the boys room – small!

So it looks like this… George is in the stroller, we all get inside,  and while I am trying to look at my list and make good produce decisions( i.e. looking for bruised apples, brown bananas), JJ and Henry are filling there bags with apples.  Henry inevitably takes a bite out of one or two or three, despite the talks we had before about not eating inside Rogers.  Meanwhile, JJ is overfilling his brown bag spilling and bruising apples all over the filthy floor. While checking out,  I realize Henry has taken a bite out of something else and I put that on the order too. This is what happens at Rogers.

I could give up and not take them anymore.  Then I would never go.  I remember my mom after EVERY trip to the grocery she would say, “I am never taking you guys to the grocery store again.”  I believed her for a while.  There are four kids in our family and I’m pretty sure that was before the big carts that carried 2 or 3 kids.  I can’t imagine what that was like — only one kid restrained — that’s crazy talk.

So, we’ll go, and I’ll still talk the whole ride over there to Henry about not eating the fruit until after we leave the stand.  For JJ, I’ll explain to him that we don’t need 27 apples and even if we do, they won’t all fit in one bag.  That conversation may go on for weeks, months, years, dunno.  But I’m realizing more that, regardless, it’s part of my job description.  And one day it may sink in, I don’t know what happens then, I’ll let you know.