We had 3 stops to make, which made it impossible for Cadence to take a really good nap because as soon as she’d fall asleep, I was at our destination taking her out of her car seat. Walmart was our last stop… my favorite place on Earth. I know that (allegedly) they make things in China in sweatshops or so I’ve been told, but really, everything is cheap there- I’ve scoped it out- and we need to save money, so that is where I go. Plus, they sell pretty much everything that I need and I am ALL about the one-stop shop.
I had my list in tow, because I now know that I need to focus when I go out shopping. Cadence needed her own laptop- Chris and I were hoping that if she got her own, she’d stop trying to break ours (this didn’t really work as we’d hoped). So that was on the top of my list, plus a few food items for this week’s menu. I ended up spending more time in there than I wanted to (surprise, surprise) and by the time we left it was way past Cadence’s feeding time. Of course I left the house without a bottle like a genius, so I thought- how can I fix this? Do I chance it and starve her any longer and drive home or do I pick up a jar of baby food and feed her in the car. I decided to do the latter… and wasn’t that big fun?
We get in the car, I put her in the front passenger seat and crack the food open. Lucky me I had a feeding bib and a spoon in her diaper bag. Things started out really well, she was eating away (carrots- her favorite) and grunting at me to hurry up and feed her faster. Then, she became more fascinated with other things in the car, like the door handle and the window and wanted to put her mouth all over those things. So it was a whirlwind of no, Cadence. Here’s your food Cadence- eat this Cadence. Then she wanted to DRIVE the car. So as she tried to come into the driver’s seat, I tried to put down the jar of baby food in my hand and looking around said Oo! the dashboard looks like a great place. Really? How many times was I dropped on the head as a kid. The dashboard is slanted, but I didn’t think about that when I oh-so confidently put it down, then instantaneously watched it start to slide right back in my direction.
So, I rush to catch it. Ask my husband- I’m not a good catch (I am also no good at throwing, but that’s another story). Needless to say, the baby food just missed the floor of my car, but still managed to splash out and decorate the front passenger seat and the rug beneath it. Fun! All the while, Cadence is now trying to climb atop the steering wheel in order to grab the Jamaican flag ornament hanging from my rear view mirror. Now, if you know anything about carrot baby food- you know it stains- badly! As I try to clean it up with the napkins I got from KFC earlier today and hold Cadence so that she doesn’t land ass up on the floor of the car I say to myself- what were you thinking?
What can you do but laugh? Cadence seemed to enjoy herself- thoroughly.
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