Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Kids for sale......3, 4, 5, or 6! (The list cont'd)


First off, I can't say for sure that kids 4, 5, and 6 are for sale for sure, but if I get the right price I'm sure Sarah would be willing to part with them. :)


I have to say, this wasn't one of my brightest mornings. My SIL, Sarah, brought my niece and nephew over for speech this morning. She said she was going to go to the Victoria's Secret Sale when we were finished. I thought, I want to do that too, and Kent is out of town so I will HAVE to take the kids. When we finished I told Sarah to go and I would bring Keegan with me, that way she would have a head start (I had to shower, I was planning on going for a walk and then showering, but the sale was calling to me). I figured she could try her stuff on, then we could switch, so all six kids wouldn't have to be in the store/fitting room with us. Good plan, eh? So, I got ready and loaded the four kids into the van (mini bus). As we were driving the boys asked where we were going.


I told them, "We're going to meet Auntie at the underwear store."

I could NOT have said anything that was more funny! When did they get old enough to think this was funny?


The five of us traipsed into the mall, two girls in the stroller and two boys following close behind. (After I negotiated with Brayden that he should leave his shirt untucked and pull his shorts down so they weren't hiked up to his pits). He insisted that his shirt was too big and it needed to be tucked in. I actually told my son that he looked like a big nerd and he could NOT do that.

Keegan said, "My dad does that."

I responded, "Yes, I know, but he doesn't hike his shorts that far up." (That's a whole different story).

Back to the mall.....we walked into Victoria's Secret with the boys shouting, "The underwear store, the underwear store!" I immediately called Sarah thinking she is already done, and she can take the kids off my hands and go to the play place. Not so much. I turned the corner and she was still standing in line for the fitting room. Ok, I will just browse while I wait for her to finish. I am looking at a table and the boys proceed to crawl under, around and through the table, knocking bins of underwear all over the floor. Seriously, we had just gotten there! I made them sit on the floor against the wall and busted out the fruit snacks. That lasted about 2 seconds, I had to split one package b/n four kids. Poor planning on my part. I frantically looked through all the different tables and grabbed a few of each style. This is a whole other issue and probably TMI, but after babies and dieting, who knows what size you are. I swear depending on the style, and lining and padding of brassieres, I could be three different sizes! Apparently Sarah was having the same issue because she took FOREVER! I got in line for the fitting room (which wrapped around the store) and grabbed Ally from her so she could try her stuff on with just one baby screaming. I am now standing in line with FIVE kids, all of which aren't on the best behavior. Everyone is staring at me like I am some crazy, white trash lady. Which I am, because frankly how desperate can one be for bras to actually go through this? Ok, I'm tired of writing about this craziness, in a nutshell, I think we were ALL in the store for an hour. I don't think the sales people cared how much we were going to buy, they just wanted us out!


This is a pic. of five of the six kids, (Owen screamed bloody murder when I tried to take him) waiting for Auntie to finish her purchase. They are pretty dang cute sitting there so nicely, it was the before and after that was so rough! All right, I guess I won't sell any of them, good thing I love them all so dang much!


Side note: Victoria's Secrets need more than three measly fitting rooms!

3 comments:

Dottie said...

Hilarious, not only the underwear store part but the conversation with Brayden about his clothes! LOL!

Lindsey said...

I found myself laughing out loud. Love it.

Papa said...

Pack up the whole lot, put 'em on a plane and send them to Florida. Sandy, Helen and Leo will be here next week with all their kids. My girls will take care of them while we all have fun going to the beach, etc.
After all that is why Kent and Kelly built the Taj Majal!!!