Parenting at its best

I had a huge list of things I needed to do yesterday. I had no babysitter and there was no school so guess what cute little boy tagged along with me? Hudson is very ......hmmmmm... how can I say this nicely.....determined. He likes to do things his way and will let you know if he does not approve of what I am asking him to do.

The grocery store has always been a place I go alone. I learned that lesson numerous times when he would scream and go straight as a pencil and not bend his legs to sit in the cart. I usually look like I am on an episode of Supermarket Sweep, running through the aisles, sweating, putting back the things Hudson tosses in the cart, blocking him from diving out.... fun times, fun times.

I had to go to Trader Joe's yesterday. They have cute little carts for kids and Hudson was very excited to push it around. I realized once we started walking around that I was there to buy wine. Oh what to do, what to do?!?! Do I carry it and just let him push the cart? Nope. Cannot do that because I was too busy directing the cart because he kept running into displays. So I did this...



Mother of the year!!!! The best part was when I put it in the cart and he said, "Mommy, you buying your juice?"