What a Cutie!!
Walking in like such a big boy all by himself...
Still walking in...*tear*
Yesterday was an adventure. First Meggy had the second part of her root canal done and bless her heart, she was such a trooper. I wasn't able to be in the back with her this time because I had Bud and Boogs with me and they couldn't be back there so I had to stay in the waiting area with them. It wasn't until we left that Meggy told me she started crying in the back because I couldn't be in the back with her. That made me feel so horrible, but I didn't have a choice. And then when she talked to her daddy about it, she started crying again (and I mean crocodile tears) because he couldn't be there with her either. Talk about feeling like a failure, but Dee-deed told me last night that it was probably good for Meggy to go back by herself because she will have to learn to do things on her own as she grows up and this was a start, but still, I felt like I let her down. Sooo, David suggest that I take her to Build A Bear and let her pick out whatever she wanted, you know, to spoil her so to speak.
Also, Bud was having "Teddy Bear" day at school today and his favorite stuffed animal, a dinosaur that he picked out at Build A Bear, "Rexie" had start to come unraveled in the back so we had to take him to Build A Bear anyway. Now picture this..I'm already sort of terrified to go into the mall by myself with all the kids because..let's just face it..1)all three are too big for a stroller and want to walk 2)I have two boys who are like little speed racers and don't necessarily like to stay with mom because it's always more fun to make mom panic and walk 10 steps ahead and 3)you just never know what kind of "crazy" is going to be lurking and watching to see of some mom isn't paying that close attention to her children so it would be easy to walk away with a child that isn't theirs. I'm terrified.
I haven't been to the mall in ages so I wasn't aware of all the kiosk that are now positioned in the middle areas of the mall. So picture this...I am frantically trying to keep all the kids within a step of my steps and each one are holding their build a bear animals. I'm also constantly scanning everywhere to keep the "crazies" away and all of a sudden I am bombarded by this perky, blond headed, accent laden girl asking me if she could talk to me for a second...only a second. So I say sure only because..stupid me..gave her eye contact and that somehow sent brain waves to her that I was interested in whatever is was that she was selling. She makes me sit down on this tiny stool and starts asking me all these questions about my hair care regimen, all the while I'm trying to keep the kids close by me. I'm thinking..this is taking longer than a second. All of a sudden she starts pulling my hair up and taking small strands and straightening them with a (note variation in voice here) porcelain hair straightener and then starts taking other pieces of my hair and giving them little ringlets. She is going on and on about how this is the best product on the market and see how shiny my hair is now and feel how softer this side of my hair is...ohhh la~la. I'm sitting thinking...Great!! I have to walk around this mall where I could potentially run into anyone I know with one side of my hair looking normal and the other side looking straighter than normal with ringlets. So I say "how much is this?" "It's only $99.00" WHAT!!!!! Then she says in her thick accent, "What's your favorite color" as to which I say pink and she shows me a pink straightener. OH goodness! The kids are getting so bored at this point that they have decided to go ahead and walk into the Build A Bear store (thank goodness is was right there in front of the kiosk). I tell her that I can't pay that much for a hair care product and then she says "You say you like it..you say you like it. How about if you pay this much?" and she gives me a price ten dollars less and I keep saying no and she just keeps pushing and pushing. She finally comes down to $70.00 and I still told her that I wouldn't spend that much on something like that and so she ask "How much would you be willing to pay?" and I said $20.00 . Of course she couldn't let it go for that much so anyway, I just had to finally say I was sorry but I wasn't going to spend that much for a hair care product and I just ran..literally ran fast away from her into the Build A Bear store. I think she was the "crazies" I had been scanning and trying to avoid, but that darn eye contact gets you all the time!
Meggy got to pick out what she wanted, an outfit complete with shoes and Hello Kitty pj's complete with shoes for her "Teddy". Bud got "Rexie" fixed and even gave him an "air bath" all the while, Boogs is running around the store saying "Mommy, loo (as in look), Mommy loo". After our time at the store, we ran in to an old high school friend (see, I just knew I was going to run into someone I knew and now I had half straighter than straight ringlet hair..great! What would she think about me now?) So we chatted for a few minutes until my two speed racers decided that it would be fun to stick their small flange's on the escalator steps as they were moving....thankfully no fingers got cut off or anything really gross like that.
We then decided to ride the carousel and of course, I didn't bring my camera so I have no pics. :(
Bud tried to help me fold clothes today..isn't that just so sweet!
Today I decided that it would be fun if we all made some fall cookies. I had bought some cookie mix around Christmas time last year and I needed to go ahead and make the rest of the cookie mix before the expiration date..which is tomorrow..oops. Here are some cute pictures of our time together today. I'm so thankful for my blessings!!
3 comments:
Too funny!
Since my child is obviously still of stroller age, we go to the mall once a week or every other week with friends to walk around, eat lunch, and socialize. We have learned the best defense tactics against accented-hair-straightener-girl, as well as face-cream-made-from-middle-east girl, and scary-towel-that-soaks-up-ponds guy. Oh yeah, and don't forget about the cell phone kiosks. Oh yes, and fake-hairpiece-selling-old-lady. Anyway. As soon as you get within sight of a pushy kiosk person, you must immediately consume yourself in conversation with your friend or your child, and if your child starts screaming, you have an even better chance of not getting accosted. So pinching a child might be a good strategy for extreme escapism.
Rachel, that is a great idea! Since I have 3 kids, I should pinch all 3 of them so as to guarantee I won't be ambushed by the kiosk people! I am totally kidding, of course.
Amanda, great post! It really has been a long time since you've been to the mall! My boys have been begging to go to the mall recently, and I am making excuses to put it off for as long as possible. Most recently it was that we were just too busy between school and getting ready for my brother's wedding, but now that that is out of the way, I need to find a new excuse - or just bite the bullet and take them to get it over with for a few more months.
you're so funny. we'll have to remember the "pinching trick" next time we go to the mall.
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