Double Trouble

This morning I got a dose of Double Trouble from my two kidlets....that's right Gabi was part of the trouble too...surprise, surprise, in fact, she was the instigator most of the time. I had to drive down to Les Schwab Tires to get my tires rotated this morning. The wait was about an hour so I decided to get the umbrella stroller out and walk the kids across the street to Walmart. They were happy as clams at first eating their own individual bags of popcorn that the tire place so nicely had on hand and sat still in their double seater Walmart cart. As soon as the last kernels were eaten though, they turned into obnoxious little monkeys. Somehow Gabi managed to work herself out of the seat belt, Emilio was never strapped in to begin with and they were running wild down the aisles touching EVERYTHING!!! If I said, "Get back into your seat, Behave, and oh, you are being so naughty," once, I must have said it at least 35 times. They pulled toys off of the shelves, started spraying room fresheners, pumped lotion all over the floor, wrestled with each other in the store, and Gabi has been into blowing raspberries which is her way of trying to spit!!! To make matters worse Emilio started calling out, "Hello little bitches," in the middle of the aisle. What he's trying to say to Gabi I might add is, "Hello little britches," but it comes out the other way so people were looking at us trying to decipher whether my child just calling them a "bitch" or not. Soooo embarrassing! I guess he got it from the Jungle Book movie because Baloo the bear calls Mowgli "Little Britches." I thought it was funny at first until he sounded off in the store. Anyway, shopping today was very challenging. I finally had to tighten Gabi's seat belt straps and threaten them with the possibility of not making it to the park as we had planned earlier in the morning if their behavior didn't improve. They did pretty well on the way back to the tire place, albeit Emilio eating a few extra popcorn kernels off of Les Schwab's floor. The kids never cease to amaze me. Mothering is a tough job!