I just got home from a weekly shopping trip and I am happy to report that we all survived.

I'm mostly exaggerating about the difficulty of it all (because truly, I am so thankful for the blessing of an abundance of food!!), but goodness, grocery shopping can be an adventure. I took two of our littles with me, thinking it would be a good outing for them. Which it was. But I was also reminded why I rarely take them with me to shop if at all possible.

 

Boy Babe#1 wanted to eat every single thing I put into the cart and had a big grape in his mouth before I realized it. He's only 14 months old but has a stubborn streak and let all of Walmart know how mad he was about the grape-removal-from-mouth situation. He was STARVING, after all. Because his 25-pound self hadn't eaten in at least 5 minutes.

 

Well anyway, my 6 year old was a trooper, an incredible helper, and only asked 26 questions while I was trying to think about my grocery list. 

 

In the end, I was most grateful that as I was checking out and wondering how I was possibly going to make it to the car with my overflowing cart with a messed up wheel (of course), my friend Gail was at the next register checking out too. BLESS HER!!! We teamworked the babes and the food and the carts and the whole shabang.  

 

This story has no point. Thank you for listening. I went grocery shopping and lived to tell about it. That is all.

 

 

My bigs unloaded the entire van and helped put everything away. As I looked around the kitchen at the huge haul of produce I'd been able to pick up, the meat and cream and cheese, the counter-tops loaded down with food - it all humbled me and I felt much less whiny over the experience.

 

We are so very blessed!! We are so provided for! Oh, and the cute little grape snatcher went down for a nap. XOXO

 

 

I have unearthed so many fun and helpful kitchen themed posts and resources to share with you again! Here's a sampling of the Kitchen Tips section in our Club Membership package:

 

 

I know we've been talking up the "you have access to ALL of our eBooks and eCurriculum!!" in regard to the Club Membership this week. But it's definitely worth mentioning that there is SO MUCH MORE!! We've organized some of our very best tips and ideas and put them all right there for you to access. Your membership gives you an incredible amount of resources!