I tell my kids all the time that when we are out and about it is sometimes like I am trying to herd cats as we move through a store. One goes one way, another stops in front of the cart, another might be walking backwards...you get the idea. I know it is a bit crazy making when I go shopping with everyone, so I try to go when the stores are not packed, usually during the week. Sadly we only rolled back into town last night and we were basically out of food except for rice, beef and chicken which I buy in super bulk, so I needed to go to the grocery store. I then had the swell plan to go today...with all the kids...on the Friday before Fourth of July...at LUNCHTIME! OK, not my finest hour but I was trying to clean up some this morning and the hubby is in the midst of training/working hell and my brain was not functioning well.
On the agenda was Wegman's and the farm. Wegman's was pure hell...pure H..E..L..L. My kids were being good, they were listening and really trying to stick close by but it was so crowded and everyone there seemed to need to stand either in front of the item we needed or stepped between me and my cart with Finn and Britt and her cart with Teag. Seriously, she is a teeny tiny almost 9 year old pushing a 2 year old, they didn't think maybe she was with someone, like the crazy lady with three other kids that look just like her? So we kept having to try to get her back with the group or swing kids over people's shoulders trapeze style to get some broccoli or squash, but somehow we made it out with everything on the list and only a few small items that weren't and I wasn't too stressed. Next up was the farm which is so much easier since the kids just sit in the car with the air conditioning while I run in. The sweet corn is in so I quickly grabbed a dozen and will probably get three or four dozen next week to freeze for winter. Got our milk and cursed the fact that I left three bottles at my parent's house and had to pay the deposit on two bottles today and grabbed two dozen eggs, AKA two breakfasts, in our house.
The pantry is restocked with all the necessities, I just placed our Quail Cove order for 35 lbs of chicken, 12 packs of bacon, 10 lbs or sweet potatoes and two pounds of Amish butter (buying the case next time to freeze) so we should be set for awhile. There is nothing I love more than a pantry stocked with good, wholesome, real food to fuel little bodies.
Off to taste test the cheese I made this morning, prep the corn for dinner and make a batch of bread....gotta be prepared to feed the tribe now that school is out!
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