Shopping

Ethan and I went out for a few errands and it was fun to experience shopping through the eyes of a toddler.  We headed to Rural King, one of my favorite stores.  I had no idea they carried such a large selection of huge blow up Halloween decorations that would take up most of your yard.  Ethan immediately noticed them.  He especially liked the Halloween Helicopter (what, you don't own one of these).

All my pictures in this post were taken from my arm's lengths. In order to avoid Ethan touching anything in the stores or standing in the stores, I held him. This led to slightly substandard picture taking.

 This is Ethan looking at the Halloween Helicopter.  I tried to explain the concept of  'covenants' and why he would never have one of these. He completely understood.

 We also came upon a disply of animals.  We never quite figured out what one does with this little metal toys, but we found dogs that looked similar to Louie, Bailey and Riley. 

 After Rural King we headed to Cummins State Street, or CSS if you know the lingo. (not to be confused with COB, GOB, SEC, PGA)  Ethan needed to run the company for a few minutes and grandma had to have her 'vital numbers' checked to help lower the cost of her health insurance.  (I'm really trying for a debit card to Babys R Us so Ethan and I can go shopping at a store where he might be able to walk)

 After we saw granddad at CSS (see above if you have already forgotten your acronyms) we headed to Halloween City.  Grandma was going to a Halloween party and needed something to make an outfit out of.  Ethan and I decided upon a pair of red and white stripped socks.  (these are available for anyone's use of they need them)  That was about all the shopping Ethan Grandma could handle.  From here we headed home.

 Ethan had a nice lunch of peas, wild rice, grilled cheese and fruit.  After he had thrown it on the floor and I explained that we don't throw our food at grandma's house (save that for home where Louie is); Ethan got down and pointed to the food and said, "no-no".  I plan to use this tactic in the future.  I think you should too.  Jim, just think of the possibilities of pointing to an injector that is plugged and saying, "no-no...bad injector"!

As we headed up for a nap, Ethan decided to try his old baby bumper seat.  It's his barco lounger of toddlers.  It was a perfect way to end our day of shopping!