It seems to me these days that grocery shopping takes at least twice as long as it did before the twins!
This is not just down to the fact we have to buy certain things for two new family members... although that does contribute!
By the time I get there it's longer than usual. Strapping two babies into their carseats who very often don't want to go or sit in their carseats. Trying to leave one sitting somewhere where they will not roll off and kill themselves while I strap the other one into their seat.
Then we leave. It's no longer than 5 minutes to our nearest Walmart but at times it can feel like a million miles when one (or worse, both) of the girls are not happy about this latest venture to the supermarket.
When we arrive, I start the searching around for carts. Double carts are few and far between around this place.. so finally when I get one flagged down, I get both girls strapped on. There should be one seat at the front and another at the back.. not beside each other. Having the girls so close to each other is a deadly combination, only leading to punches being thrown from one to the other!
So we get moving. I am starting to get pretty flustered at this time... these days there is of course no time to make out a list. Those days are long gone! I run round as fast as I can.. trying to keep one eye on both girls and the other on the lane infront, making sure I am not banging into any unsuspecting passers by. My third eye is of course there to look for the things we need and pick it up without knocking the whole row over!
We endure the usual question time while out, taking us a good 15mins each day. Yep they're twins, they're both mine. Two girls (they're not boys in drag I promise), No they don't have matching names, Yep they were a big surprise to us. No we didn't have to have IVF, there is not a history of twins in the family, I do have my hands full... and of course.. no they are not identical!
By this time I am getting severly fed up. I usually grab a few things and run for it.. looking for the desk with the shortest possible queue. By this time one of the girls may have fallen asleep on the other.. or one screaming with hunger, or screaming with tiredness as they cannot sleep in the uncomfortable carts!
After we arrive back in the car.. I endure the difficult task of getting the groceries and kids back in the car. Back to normality... for a while anyway!
Oh the difficulty of some seemingly "everyday" chores.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Isn't it fun? At least your grocery store has double carts. I end up sticking J and E in the front together w/ one leg through the hole and the other crossed indian-style. Then secure them w/ my sling since the belt won't go around them both.
At least I have an older child to growl at people when they get too close or talk too long!
jiminy crickets, those are quite the adventures. takes me twice as long with just one. i suppose i would still be doing my afternoon shopping in the middle of the night if i had twins.
Post a Comment