Today I went to the grocery store with Jude while the girls were at school. The store is 20 minutes away, and the kids are in school from 12:50-3:20. So you can see that minus 40 minutes of drive time, I have less than 2 hours to shop for the week and also take the opportunity to connect with a very energetic and attention seeking 4 year old. Not really enough time to lock my keys in the car, wait for Allstate to rescue me, and make it to the carpool line.... So it's a good thing that I went back in the store and inquired at the service desk, 'cause those keys were not inside the minivan. All in all, I think I only lost 10 minutes, what with searching for the keys, going in, coming back, loading the car, and going back in with Jude so that he can pee, then finally getting on the car and pulling away. Oh, the thrills of suburban life.
Earlier, we had gone to the pediatrician's office, and got all the way to school before I realized that Genevieve's backpack had dumped out in the doctor's office parking lot. So back to the doc, run in, grab her folder and book, run back to the car, wave it around triumphantly. My kids clapped. It was adorable. I think it may have been a first; spontaneous applause from the smallies.
Have you looked at a bird lately!? Pretty flippin' amazing. These creatures are painfully cool.
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