M & M's

So we went to the NEW SUPERWALMART for the very first time tonight. I needed some groceries & DIAPERS!!! Sette was already in a bad mood, so I was sure this wasn't going to be fun! She sat in the stroller for the first 2 minutes & then wanted to push her brother. Fine, but if you have kids & have ever let them out of the cart, you know what's happening as she pushes & I hold her back. We are at odds the entire store visit. She doesn't seem to care as she shoves on.

We went in search of some swimmies...I have some, but would like a back-up pair for friends or if Sette's pop a leak. Just in case you forgot, which I have, I should have purchased any summer things I needed in February when they were in stock. All I came across was a SUPER expensive pool & pool accessories to keep that water clean. But darn those Super Walmarts, they have everything else a 2 year old could ever dream of...we're still into balls. So she sees this ball, a batman ball. Gotta' have it, not gonna' get it, but she's just gotta' have it. Normally this would be a scene, but I told her to put it back because we were going to get her some swimmies. She had no idea what swimmies were, but it must have sounded like a fantastic idea because she immediately put the ball back & resumed her pushing because we were gonna' get some "swimmies". I was off to lawn & garden just hoping they had some sad display of leftover pool toys, but nope, the school supplies were even getting low...I mean school should start in a couple weeks so... I'm pretty sure I could have found some Halloween stuff...it being July & all.

Okay to the point of this story. In the lawn & garden she saw a very cool play house & wanted that. I said, "no" & surprisingly the little Sette abated. I could not believe it as we walked to the checkout with my groceries, diapers & no swimmies. While in the line, she opened the door to one of those coke coolers & pulled out a diet coke. now, she knows I love diet, but I told her to put it back...& do you know what? she did. So at this point I am so proud of her for obeying like a champ with no swimmies to be found so I turn her around & said she could pick out any candy bar she wanted because she was such a good girl with no fits & she obeyed all through the store. I know, I know...the sugar, but I wanted her to know she had made my night. She picked out a bag of plain m&ms. fine choice! I would've picked out a twix, but she had no idea what she was picking.

When we got into the car, I gave her the little bag of m& m's & she started pulling each out & saying it's color. I was very congratulatory (& corrective) of her some times wrong, but often right answers. Then she blew me away. Holding it up for me to see, she said, "double-yous". I looked back to see, she was right. She was showing me that her m & m had written on it a "w". I was so proud, & then I said it can also be an "m" flipping it right side up. She flipped it back & told me again, "double-yous". So from now on, we will have "double-you & double-yous" please.