Did you ever see the old Brendan Fraser movie Blast From the Past? A family mistakes a plane crash for a nuclear disaster and hides in their fallout shelter for 35 years. When Brendan Fraser's character is 35, he emerges as a naive, child-like man. He meets some friends who teach him how to dress and "act unimpressed."
That's how it was for us today at the grocery store. None of my children ever remember going to a grocery store. I wish I were kidding, but it's true. I used to take Big Sissy when she was little, but once I had 2 littles ones I decided it was just easier to go at night after they were in bed. I'm sure each of them has been there at some point when they were still nursing frequently, but nobody remembers it. I became aware of this when our Parents as Teachers educator showed Big Sissy some logos on her last visit. She was explaining how recognizing the logos from familiar stores, like grocery stores, can help the child in her reading readiness.
She asked Big Sissy, "What is your favorite grocery store?"
"Trader Joe's," she said. Good answer, kid, I silently applauded. Except it's not on the list.
"Do you recognize anything on this page?"
"Yep. That's Pepsi. My mom likes to drink that a lot."
That and McDonalds were the only logos she recognized.
So today I thought we'd emerge from our cave and go to the grocery store. OK, I didn't really have a choice since Hubby is out of town. I had to get some medicine anyway, since I never picked it up yesterday. I also just discovered that Shop 'n Save DOES have those cool carts that 3 kids fit in. I thought that was for fancy people at fancy grocery stores because I had never seen one at my store. Just recently I discovered that they are stored at the exit instead of the entrance--if they are not all in use. That is literally the only way that we can go. Otherwise there's no room for food!
It was mildly embarrassing as my kids squealed with delight over all the beautiful colors of apples and ROWS AND ROWS of salad dressing!!! And did you know you can get graham crackers in CHOCOLATE!!!! How come we never got chocolate ones, Mommy? And cookies and muffins and doughnuts, oh my. I only went for about 10 items and left with at least 15. I figure the least I can do is let them try jello THAT COMES IN A CUP. Awesome.
Tomorrow we're going back to our cave. It's too expensive out there.
5 comments:
I always get more when the posse is w/ me. It is way easier to go alone, but that does not always work out for us.
Hilarious!!
That cracks me up!!!
Hilarious! I wish I could say my kids don't know any of the logos, that is a good thing! But my son surprised me when he could name all of the fast food restaurant signs when he was 2. It's not because we eat there, I promise!
I'm still jealous that you have a Trader Joe's. I'd leave my cave for that any day:)
AMEN sister! Last time I took Alena and Asher I ended up with little ice cream cups, way more fruit snacks then we needed, red jello, a few cans of "bob" and he really bargained for a HUGE box of soft pretzels (I didn't quite fall for that one!).
And don't even think about going on $10 thursday and expect to get a blue cart! That was a headache waiting to happen!! (Although ours are actually at the entrance.. he he).
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