So, because of all of the hours I've been putting in lately I've been feeling guilty about neglecting the kids (though Ernest is getting a lot of quality time with them!). After working my 10 hours on Saturday, I decided to get the grocery shopping out the way. I had a feeling I was going to crash once I stopped moving. On a whim I asked Ally if she wanted to go with me, and of course she said yes. I wasn't real sure about it, because I would be taking "No-nap Ally" with me (she fights it hard on the weekend).
We went to Aldi, and she did a great job. She was eager to help me put things into the cart, so I just had to keep an eye on her. Anything (non-breakable) she would throw into the cart. Aldi is a small enough store, and there were few enough people that I let her stay out of the cart, which she loved.
Next we went to Wal-Mart to get the remainder of our list. I made her get into the cart this time, but she still did pretty good. We walked into the store, and they had a huge Christmas Tree inside. I guess she didn't remember last year, because she was asking me what it was. I told her it was a Christmas Tree, and then she said, "Look, there's red and green tomatoes on it!" It took me a moment to realize she was referring to the glass ornaments. As we walked away she shouted out that there were yellow (gold) ones too. Funny girl.
Driving home, we went along Shawnee Mission Parkway. They've had the snowflakes up on the light poles for a few days now, but she hadn't seen them lit up. I told her the other day that they were "Snowflake Lights" and she's started calling them "snowflights." So driving home, 45 miles per hour, she's seeing them out the window. "One light, Mama! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Eight! (she skips seven still) Two more!" And then she started over at "one."
Still while driving home, we came to an orange traffic light. Now I have to explain that she's learned how to play "Red Light Green Light" and loves to run around and tell you which light to call out. Her cousin, Hannah, was playing with her the other day and yelled out "Orange Light!" Obviously it confused Ally, so we told her it meant Slow Down, which for some reason she had a problem with, so we replaced it with "sneak." She is a pro sneaker, tip-toeing very quietly and hunched over. So, when she sees an orange traffic light, of course she says, "Sneak!" At this particular light I stopped, but it was kind of a fast stop. Ally pipes up from the back, "Whoa, Mama! Nice Stop! You get a medal." I asked if the medal was like getting a blue ribbon and she told me, "Yes, but it's yellow (gold)." The whole conversation made me laugh. To top it off though, after we were home and she was supposed to be asleep, I was going to bed as well, and she came wandering into our room with a purple turtle beanie baby. She handed it to me and told me it was my medal, then turned around and went back to her room. It's such fun being a two year old :)
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