errands, errands and more errands

On Friday, we decided to stay home from the pool.  It was supposed to rain and I had many errands to run.  Our first stop was the grocery store.  My refrigerator was fairly bare, so my list was long.  "How many items?" SJ asked.  "More than 10," I replied.  If I give him a specific number, he starts counting them and wants to be done when I get to that number.  (I learned that lesson the hard way!)  "Why so many items?"  he whined.  "Do you want to eat food?  Well then, we have to buy groceries," I told him.

After the grocery store, we went home and unloaded our bags.  (I only had about 6 bags, but they were filled to the top!)  We stayed at home for a while.  I did some cleaning and made the boys lunch. 

When the lunch plates were cleaned up, we left again to complete our errands.  The boys started crushing cans last year to make some extra money.  Over the year, their interest wore off.  Now, I am the one who is crushing the cans.  We had two great, big bags, so it was time to drop them off at the recycling center.  There was quite a line at the recycling center; however a very kind gentleman let me go ahead of him.  Chivalry isn't dead!  We received $14.40 for our cans, so each boy got $7.20.  Not too bad for items that could have been thrown away.

Our last stop was the fabric store.  I needed to get 2 inch foam and material to cover it.  It took me a few minutes (okay maybe closer to 30) to find a fabric that I liked.  I was waiting in line to get it cut and an older lady started talking to me.  She let me go ahead of her and I told her that I was thankful since I had the boys with me.  She said, "They must be good as gold.  I can't even hear them."  They were being quiet.  They were sitting together not far from me playing their IPods.  I thanked her for the compliment and we went on our way.

I told the boys that they had behaved so nicely.  Since they were cooperative, we could stop for ice cream.  SJ didn't want any, but he did want a drink.  Bob wanted a small chocolate cone and I got one for myself.  As I was driving home, I thought that older lady had paid me one of my favorite compliments.  It is always nice to hear that your kids are behaving in public.  I guess I am doing something right.  I know she is not reading this, but she really made my day!