Comments on: Survivor: Suburbia – The Grocery Store with Children Challenge http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/ Incredibly practical tips for inspired moms. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kat http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-53246 Kat Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:28:59 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-53246 I'm so glad it made you laugh Charolotte! I’m so glad it made you laugh Charolotte!

]]> By: Charlotte http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-53223 Charlotte Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:46:50 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-53223 I laughed so hard tears ran down my face, and I had to stop reading just to catch my breath! I don't know the last time I've laughed that hard. Thank you SO much for that cathartic laugh! I have three children, ages 2, 4 and 6. I always shop with them from the time they're newborns, because my husband has crazy work hours and night work. Usually mine are totally fine, but there have definitely been times like the one above! I laughed so hard tears ran down my face, and I had to stop reading just to catch my breath! I don’t know the last time I’ve laughed that hard. Thank you SO much for that cathartic laugh! I have three children, ages 2, 4 and 6. I always shop with them from the time they’re newborns, because my husband has crazy work hours and night work. Usually mine are totally fine, but there have definitely been times like the one above!

]]> By: Jennifer@A Blog of My Very Own! http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-44887 Jennifer@A Blog of My Very Own! Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:22:54 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-44887 A few years ago, just as my son was learning to talk and had also discovered balloons (which he for some unknown reason called "boomba's"), I took him to the grocery store. All he said (yelled excitedly, happily) for the entire time, a little over an hour if memory serves, every. single. time. he saw a balloon...including the sad shriveled ones, and the ones that had "gotten away" and were up in the rafters...was "boomba!! Momma, boomba!!" He had to have said boomba at least a thousand times on that relatively short trip. It was so "bad" that a lady we kept passing, because we were heading in opposite directions down each and every aisle, actually sighed and groaned audibly (nice, right?) on one pass. Now that he is bigger, I do let him ride in the back of the basket, even though it is strongly not suggested. Hubby will NOT let him do that because the basket has that little warning on it. I will also occasionally let him ride in one of the kiddy baskets, though anyone who is around me has to watch out for their safety because I have been known to misjudge the length and run over people. A few years ago, just as my son was learning to talk and had also discovered balloons (which he for some unknown reason called “boomba’s”), I took him to the grocery store. All he said (yelled excitedly, happily) for the entire time, a little over an hour if memory serves, every. single. time. he saw a balloon…including the sad shriveled ones, and the ones that had “gotten away” and were up in the rafters…was “boomba!! Momma, boomba!!” He had to have said boomba at least a thousand times on that relatively short trip. It was so “bad” that a lady we kept passing, because we were heading in opposite directions down each and every aisle, actually sighed and groaned audibly (nice, right?) on one pass. Now that he is bigger, I do let him ride in the back of the basket, even though it is strongly not suggested. Hubby will NOT let him do that because the basket has that little warning on it. I will also occasionally let him ride in one of the kiddy baskets, though anyone who is around me has to watch out for their safety because I have been known to misjudge the length and run over people.

]]> By: Christa @ BrownSugarToast http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-40707 Christa @ BrownSugarToast Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:45:11 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-40707 hilarious!!! thanks for the laughs!!! :) hilarious!!! thanks for the laughs!!! :)

]]> By: Mishka B http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-38797 Mishka B Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:01:31 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-38797 This is hilarious! I shop with kids. I regularly don't get everything on the list and always feel like crawling under a bush by the end of it!!! This is hilarious! I shop with kids. I regularly don’t get everything on the list and always feel like crawling under a bush by the end of it!!!

]]> By: Jenica http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-37703 Jenica Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:52:31 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-37703 You forgot to add in 20 coupons that you must tediously verify the correct brand, price match to make sure it's lower than the store brand and keep the toddler from pulling out and loosing the coupons the whole trip! Very funny, I have three kids myself, your descriptions were perfect!! You forgot to add in 20 coupons that you must tediously verify the correct brand, price match to make sure it’s lower than the store brand and keep the toddler from pulling out and loosing the coupons the whole trip!

Very funny, I have three kids myself, your descriptions were perfect!!

]]> By: Anjie Clifton http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-21788 Anjie Clifton Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:27:28 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-21788 I love this! I must say I remember the days well when my boys were young. Now my boys are old enough to stay home by themselves. A couple of weeks ago I had to take all three to Wal-Mart. I foolishly thought things would be completely different. I WAS WRONG!!! I still had people everywhere giving us a wide-berth as I tried to wrangle my boys and get the things on my list. It doesn't matter if they are 4 or 14, I would rather have a root-canal than take all my boys to the store! I love this! I must say I remember the days well when my boys were young. Now my boys are old enough to stay home by themselves. A couple of weeks ago I had to take all three to Wal-Mart. I foolishly thought things would be completely different. I WAS WRONG!!! I still had people everywhere giving us a wide-berth as I tried to wrangle my boys and get the things on my list. It doesn’t matter if they are 4 or 14, I would rather have a root-canal than take all my boys to the store!

]]> By: Meesh http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-21745 Meesh Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:32:42 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-21745 Costco/Sams Club seems to be a level of Dante's Inferno when having a toddler and an infant. My most favorite time was when I let my daughter who was 3 have some of the endless arrays of samples to keep her quiet while trying to load insanely large flats of goods in the cart with an infant papoosed to my front. The blue ribbon was looming in front of us when out of nowhere, toddler vomit out the front of the limo cart. All people behind us in the checkout line could have killed a legion of underwater sea life quicker than an oil spill with the looks on their faces. lol Costco/Sams Club seems to be a level of Dante’s Inferno when having a toddler and an infant. My most favorite time was when I let my daughter who was 3 have some of the endless arrays of samples to keep her quiet while trying to load insanely large flats of goods in the cart with an infant papoosed to my front. The blue ribbon was looming in front of us when out of nowhere, toddler vomit out the front of the limo cart. All people behind us in the checkout line could have killed a legion of underwater sea life quicker than an oil spill with the looks on their faces. lol

]]> By: Danielle http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-19491 Danielle Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:38:02 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-19491 Bwahahaha! Perfectly sums up my shopping experience! I have a 3 year old, a 2 year old and a 7 month old. Love love LOVE this ;) fact truly is funnier than fiction! Bwahahaha! Perfectly sums up my shopping experience! I have a 3 year old, a 2 year old and a 7 month old. Love love LOVE this ;) fact truly is funnier than fiction!

]]> By: chloe http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/07/survivor-suburbia-the-grocery-store-with-children-challenge/#comment-18490 chloe Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:23:21 +0000 http://inspiredtoaction.com/?p=1337#comment-18490 ....may I just say? This is brilliant. A friend posted this on Facebook, and I laughed so hard that I considered it my abs workout for the day. Thank you! ….may I just say? This is brilliant. A friend posted this on Facebook, and I laughed so hard that I considered it my abs workout for the day. Thank you!

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