The joys of shopping with three small children

Let's face it... my life is a three-ring circus.  I've tried to hide it from the world way too long.  It's time for me to embrace it and share with everyone that it's okay when things don't go perfectly.  Because as we all know, it rarely will with three small children.

Case in point...

I took the little ones shopping today.  Enough said.  We made three stops.  The first stop, Adam and Sadie were all smiles as they walked hand-in-hand into the store.  Ten minutes into the shopping trip, they had to be separated for fighting.  Store number two went okay, but by the time we made it to store number three, I was ready to pull my hair out.  Tyler was screaming because he wanted his bottle, Sadie was upset because Adam wouldn't hold her hand anymore, and Adam was having a fit because I wouldn't buy the new shoes he just tried on.  (In my defense, I forgot my coupon, and I was NOT going to buy the shoes without them.  I'm a thrifty mama.)

So.... we headed home.  After feeding everyone and taking a deep breath, we headed back to the store.  This time, with coupon in hand.  Did things go perfectly???  Not even close.  But... at the end of the day, shoes have been purchased for Adam's first day of school, and I have a very precious picture of my kids holding hands on our shopping trip.