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07/14/2005 Archived Entry: "hot hot heat"

Today I took the girls to Toys R Us just for the heck of it. Tabitha wanted to go somewhere and I chose there because I have one thing from Babies R Us to return and need to get a sunshade for the car for Daisy. I knew Tabitha would have fun browsing and if she saw something small I had planned to get it for her. Boy the outing could not have gone more wrong.
First I decided to sit Daisy in the seat of the cart. I had brought blankets and all that jazz but it was difficult at best to get the blankets situated while holding the baby. Once she was in and strapped in, it looked like it was going to work so we headed to Customer Service where I was ignored for five minutes. Finally the lady attempts to do my return but says she can't because they don't sell the item so I'll have to return it to Babies R Us. Never mind that I know they sell it because I saw it there. Her computer said they didn't sell it so I was out of luck.
As we started our browsing, Daisy started leaning forward to chew on the bar. I had anticipated this and it was completely covered, but she kept leaning too far and whacking her forehead instead. So I pulled her out of the cart and grabbed the diaper bag. Now, carrying a fifteen pound baby on one side while carrying a 10 pound diaper bag on the other side is not easy. Not one tiny bit. My back was killing me, let me tell you.
When we were three quarters of the way through the store, Daisy started getting antsy from her position but there wasn't much I could do. So I hurried Tabitha to the video games as that's the last department and then we headed out. As I was strapping the kids in, I remembered that I never even looked for a sun shade. To top it off, there was nothing of interest for Tabitha so the whole trip was a complete waste of time.

The rest of the afternoon was fine. Chris came home, we all hit the grocery store for various beverages and then relaxed for awhile. Dinner was good, I did chop the honey sesame tofu with spinach and add it to my spaghetti sauce. Very tasty.
After dinner we threw Tabitha in the shower and then bathed Daisy. She was less than thrilled with her bath but loved her post-bath massage. She skipped a nap so went to bed a little earlier than I would have liked and has already awoken twice. We'll see how the rest of the night goes.