What a day!

Nov 12 2010 - You know how you see kids at the store who's making a mess or running around and you think "Where's the mom?"...well, I'll tell you where the Mom is...she's cleaning up the last mess that the child made and then running around trying to keep up with all the terror the child is doing in the store! Unfortunately, I had to experience this first hand...
Our good family friend's little girl, Brandi, was getting baptized so I went shopping with Kai to buy her a present. We were at Seagull Books where they had so many cute things from baptism necklaces, bracelets, books, etc. But, all of my focus and energy was spent trying to keep Kai under control! As soon as I got in the store, he wanted to get down. Of course, I let him down but had a tight grip on his wrist. He kept wiggling his arm to get away, but held on tight. Well, that just makes him mad and start yelling, so I pick him up to keep him quiet...but then, he screams more to get down. So we repeat this fight over and over until finally, he decides to keep quiet and let me hold his hand. Then, I went to the self standing jewelry case and started looking at rings. Kai then started grabbing all of the rings that were hanging and throwing them on the ground! I started to pick them up and hang them back up but then Kai got away to his next "victim"...the clothing shelf. He pulled the entire row of shirts that were folded and stacked on the shelf!! I quickly ran over and started putting the shirts back when he found books...Yes, one by one, he started throwing the books down onto the ground while the other customers just looked on and laughed.
By the time I finished cleaning up all the mess he had pretty much gone through the entire store and nothing seemed to spark his interest anymore. So, he just decided to lie flat on the ground. Normally, I'd pick him up quickly because it's "dirty" but this day, I took the chance to quickly find a gift for Brandi and get out of the store!!!
At the checkout stand, the store employees all smiled and commented how cute Kai was...they obviously didn't see him in action earlier!
I was so happy to finally be out of the store so I put Kai in his car seat and headed straight home. 5 minutes of driving and Kai is snoring away! He was clearly exhausted from all that running around he did in the store.