Last night I was going to blog about how yesterday was a oops free day!! I am sure some of my followers must think that something always goes a bit array in this family, but yesterday proved that is not always true. Sloane and I were out the door by 9, ate & tube fed on the road, napped in the car, drove an hour away, returned home at 4pm, had company for dinner and hit the hay by 10pm without any mishaps!! When I was thinking about blogging about yesterday last night..I thought BORING!!
Then this morning happened and I decided my days of mishaps are much more interesting and probably make others feel pretty great about themselves. HA So once again, we were dressed and ready to shove off by 9am. I had workers at my house today so we were basically evicted and needed all feeding supplies for the day including a sippy cup. Today was the 1st day, I took a sippy cup with me on the road. We were drinking and driving today OR in Sloane's lingo..we were drinking and strolling along today.
I had the day planned in my head. We were heading to the pharmacy first then the mall to return some shoes. I put Sloane in her car seat with some bunny snacks and off we go. I usually use the drive thru but I needed to get saline drops for Sloane's eye which has a funky spot on it from her rubbing too hard in addition to the prescription. We arrived at the pharmacy which is 2 minutes away and I noticed Sloane's snack was gone. She couldn't have eaten them all. I pulled her out of the car seat and investigate. Sure enough, there are enough snacks under the cushion of her car seat to feed a family of mice. Every kind of snack: raisins, yogurt melts, fish, crackers, puffs, animal crackers, and granola bites. I want to die!! This is exactly what my brother had been worried about....a mom's car!!! I start shoveling the pile out with my hands and throwing them on the ground. Telling myself that I will vacuum out the seat as soon as we arrive home. I decide to let Sloane walk in the pharmacy, instead of being wheeled around bc we are only going to be a few minutes. She was THRILLED!! We held hands, and headed back to see the pharmacist. All was going well, Sloane was re-arranging the candy shelves but I figured that is somewhat acceptable. The pharmacist was LONG-winded. Not ideal when you have a toddler in tow. Sloane has now moved on to the Ace Bandage section and begins handing myself and the pharmacists everything she can in proper "mommy's helper mode". I put an end to the conversation, taking a minute to remind myself that I should have switched pharmacies last month when I wanted to. In the meantime, I see the grimace, I see the squat, and I know. Sloane has decided to christen Rite-Aid with a poop!! This is exactly what I had planned in my head when I envisioned our morning. Sloane already pooped prior to our exit from home and honestly 99% of time only poops at home. Its her thing I guess. Anyhow, after the grimace and squat comes the smell. At this point I have paid and we are on our way towards the door. Sloane is now happy. She is enjoying her freedom and wants to stop in the card aisle. I scoop her up and she leaves a trail of cards behind her. Once outside, I realize that changing her is going to stink (no pun intended..lol) I prefer to change her in the trunk on nice weather days, but today was winter so it was the back seat which kills my back and isn't ideal for a squirming toddler. Keep in mind folks...this is all w/in 10 minutes of leaving the house. I have broken into a sweat changing her diaper, Sloane is pissed off and we have a whole day ahead of us. Back into the car seat she goes with screams and I am in my driver's seat praying for a trash can near by. Back on the road, en route to the mall, I realize I do not have the shoes to return. WTF!! We turn around, head back home and I look at the clock and it has only been 30 minutes!!
Once at the mall, I look back and Sloane is out like a light. This morning's activities made her tired too. I decide to wake her up which I never do but it was too early for a long nap and too cold to hang out in the car. I knew I had the magic once I showed her the JU. She grabbed it and held her JU proud as a peacock as we strolled from store to store!!
Well we're movin on up
To sipping outside
To a deluxe cup of JU in the sky
Movin on up
To sipping outside
We finally got a swallow to slide by
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