"I Want Some Bananas"

On Fridays Nolan does not go to preschool, so I normally stay at home and do laundry because I try to avoid taking three or more kids to the store unless absolutely necessary. Yesterday Nicole got on the bus at noon and Nolan started asking to go shopping with me. Of course that wasn't in my plan. Unfortunately when Nolan wants something he doesn't let up until we distract him or he gets what he wants. After about an hour I was able to redirect his attention away from a shopping expedition. Shortly after that he came to find me in my room to ask for a banana, which I thought was a reasonable request considering that the only food items that he ever asks for are milk and chocolate. Wouldn't you know it, we were all out of bananas. I may have given in and went to the store right then but by then Maris and Parker were both down for naps which they needed desperately (Maris had had an explosive diaper at 1 am and Parker was throwing up at 3 am). I tried to reason with Nolan that we would go get bananas when Matt got home. So for the rest of the day I had to keep telling him that we would get bananas when daddy got home. Finally at 6:45 Matt got home. After eating dinner Nolan, Parker and I went to Walmart to get some banana's. Parker had to come because he saw us getting our shoes on. After all the we finally got Nolan his banana's which he ate on the way home.

I have to say that Nolan's interest in shopping is a new thing. Normally anytime I pull into a parking lot to go into a store he is in tears. However that last time I took him with me to Home Depot (one of my favorite stores) he was intrigued by the Christmas decorations so I let him pick one out (a snow man that hangs over a door handle). It is good that he is getting over his fear of shopping, but I hope that he doesn't think that he gets a Christmas decoration every time we go to the store.