grocery shopping

today i took the kids out grocery shopping.  we went as a family last weekend but i wanted to try and go before christmas and apparently i was not alone!  the store was a mad house!  it was a different store than i had gone to with matt too so i really had no idea where anything was and with the crowd it really made for slow going. 

it also occurred to me that this was my first trip to the grocery store by myself with all three kids.  all i can say is thank goodness for the carts with cars on the front.  i have always hated it when madelyn wanted to ride in them before, but with all three kids it was the only way i would have been able to put groceries in the basket.  i have only gone to the store while madelyn was in school or with matt helping - this was doubly new.  the only other times i have taken out all three has been to sams where the carts can seat mason and maddux or where i have been able to use the double stroller.

i picked up some cookies for the kids when we got to the bakery since it was near snack time and i didn't know when we would come to a more healthy snack in the store.  the neat thing about this store is that they give one dollar coupons to kids good towards anything in the store.  an employee practically chased me out of the bakery to give me two for madelyn and mason.  mason lost his at some point (which madelyn tried to tell me but i kept hearing "i don't see mason" - and that had been a problem before i finally buckled him in - but she was saying "i don't see mason's money".  madelyn used her to buy a mango fruit strip in the organic section.

the kids were troopers because we were there at least two hours and it was almost lunchtime when we left.  mason gave up towards the end and fell asleep on madelyn's shoulder.  she was nice enough to let him sleep like that for a good 20 minutes.  i was so proud of her for not complaining.  people kept telling me that he was out cold and that i should really get a picture.  thankfully, i did get one with my phone.  love.