Mommy Moment . . .

I think I am going to start keeping track of the crazy Mommy Moments I have so that one day when I have forgotten them I can look back and laugh.

This was our adventure on Friday. The kids and I had been house bound for a few days. I was feeling a bit antsy and anxious and was really ready to get the kids out. Dallas had been bouncing off the walls for a few days so I decided to pack us up after naptime and head to the mall so that Dallas could play in the inside play area and we could eat an early dinner. We get to the play area and he is all excited to bounce around. I am watching him run all over the place and I take a whiff at Phoebe and realize she needs to be changed. I go to my trusty diaper bag and grab the stuff to change her. Of course, I hadn't restocked my diaper bag and I didn't have any diapers in my bag. Crap. I know I have some in the van so I tell Dallas we have to go to the van and change Phoebe. He wasn't too happy but I promise we will come right back and make an adventure out of it. I get his shoes back on, put him in the stroller because it will be faster and carry Phoebe. On the way out I ask him if he needs to go potty. He says no. I make a mental note to take him before we go back and play. We head out to the van and the nice Salvation Army bell ringer holds the door for me again and says, "Didn't I just see you a minute ago" Which I reply, ""Yup, we'll be right back, I forgot something" I open up the van and start to

change Phoebe. She is moving around a bunch and just at the point I get her diaper halfway on Dallas tells me he needs to go pee. I tell him to hold it just a second and finish with Phoebe. Well, then he starts yelling "OH NO!!!!!" I set Phoebe in her carseat but don't strap her in and I pull Dallas out of the stroller and of course he has just had an accident and there is a puddle of pee in the seat. I tell him it is okay and that we will fix it. I look at Phoebe who is now standing up in her seat and strap her into her carseat because I don't need her falling out of the van and with my luck it probably would happen. I take off Dallas' pants and underwear and tell him to finish going potty next to the van. He does and somehow manages to pee on his socks. Crap! I always have a spare set of clothes in my van but I hadn't switched from the summer stuff to winter stuff. I put Dallas into new underwears and a pair of shorts and I stick his shoes on with no socks. I thought of just heading home but I knew he would be upset so I tried to wipe off the stroller but it was too wet. Thankfully I had my smaller stroller in the van. I go and change out the strollers and put all our stuff into the smaller one. I get Phoebe strapped into it and hold Dallas' hand and we head back into the mall for him to play. He looks so silly wearing these big winter shoes with no socks, shorts and a long sleeved shirt but there is a smile on his face and that is all that matters. He is already thinking about playing while I am thinking that being a mommy is tough work.