In an effort to get our kids out of the house a little more, especially since we're on equal footing this week with two on two, Josh and I ventured out with the twins again tonight. Mommy wanted a nice sit-down meal and needed to pick up something from the store, and Josh was home before dark for a change and up for the challenge.
We enjoyed one of my favorites - Cracker Barrel - though the twins were not much for it. Alexander took a few bites of his pancake (the only thing we've ever gotten them to eat from there), but Sawyer was having none of it. They seemed happiest with the dry cereal (Cinnamon Toast Cruch) and Sweetarts from the diaper bag and an occasional sip from Mommy's Coke. Thank goodness for well-stocked diaper bags! And, of course, our little OCD boy loved organizing the little triangle pin game by colors and then putting them in and out of the wooden holes. Xander played with an empty straw and threw things (imagine that!). But all in all, it was fairly pleasant.
And then we stopped by the store. Even with just two, it's not more manageable. I don't know what we were thinking. You either carry a rather heavy toddler (32 lbs. for Xander and 34 lbs. for Sawyer) or you put them down and watch them run (into the streets, down the store aisles, toward breakable objects, and, well, you get the idea).
I set my twin down to look at an item at the store and asked Josh if he could manage keeping an eye on both of them. Before the words were even out of my mouth, much less Josh gave his affirmative response, Xander was gone. Sawyer, was content to look at things with Mommy - must be all those neat and tidy rows of items stocked on the shelves that appeals to my OCD boy! Xander was down one aisle and then another. Josh could barely keep up with those little legs.
Oh well, at least we have one twin to point to when we ask, "Have you seen my other child? He looks like this one, only he moves a lot faster and he's harder to catch." Luckily, they even had the same outfit on for a change. I'm kidding, of course, he didn't get that far and we were never worried. But really, what were we thinking? Next time we'll order pizza in (and I'll shop online), and we'll be done with it!
