Shopping with a three year old...

Against everything I know to be sane, I went a my son would call it "Super Grocery Shopping", with Jai in tow.  My grocery store trips with Jai lately, has been less than amusing.  It normally starts with our ride to the grocery store. 

Mom:  Jai we are going to the store and Mommy needs you to sit in the cart like a good little girl, ok.

Jai:  Okay

When we get to the store,  I proceed to put her in the shopping cart, while she struggles to get it.  I ask her if we need to go in the bathroom, she yells NO!!.

After a struggle she is normally in the cart, even if she is wimpering. 

When we get inside:

Jai:  Mommy, I want to walk.

Mom:  No Jai, you need to stay in the card

Jai:  NOOO on the top of her lungs with a lot of flailing about like a fish out of water

Meanwhile... I try to shop and pretend, that I do not want to crawl out of my skin, because I am soo super embarrased.  This would be around the time, a mom with a perfectly well behaved child, drives by my cart, and throws me a disgusted "Get that little beast, under control look." 

By this time I have had enough, and just want to get the heck out of there..  So the shopping trip gets cut short..

All that to say this time, I had a pen and pad in my bag, I gave her those items, and what to do you know perfect angel on the shopping trip.  So much so that one of those aforementioned Mommys said to me, she is soo well behaved.

To which I smirked, and said "Thank you..."