Horrible.

My weekend plans usually include staying in the house or in the yard all day Saturday, playing piano for the primary on Sunday, and usually grocery shopping early in the morning on Saturday or Sunday. For any activity that involves leaving the house (church and grocery store) I only take one child with me- almost always Leyla. Well, today I really wanted to do some shopping. We finally have a little extra cash, so I wanted to get some birthday presents for Chloe, maybe a few clothes for the girls and for me, and maybe a couple chairs and plants for the back yard. I decided I'd tough up and take both girls with me. What a horrible, horrible disaster. First, we went to big lots. I tried to carry Leyla and keep Chloe seated and content in the shopping cart. When I got to the checkout, I realized I'd packed everything in my diaper bag but my wallet. So we had to take the ball away from Chloe, and she proceeded to throw a huge toddler fit. I drove home, and Leyla screamed the entire time. But by the time I got home, Leyla had fallen asleep in her car chair. I decided that I'd give the shopping thing one more try. We went to Target, and there was a little while that Leyla was asleep and Chloe was behaving that wasn't too terrible. Then Leyla woke up and started screaming. And I really wanted to get this toddler chair that was on sale but there was no way I could get it to the checkout or to my car for that matter. I had to get Leyla out of her car seat to stop the screaming, but once I put her back in for the ride home, she screamed the entire way back.

Needless to say, if I need to do any more shopping, I'll be doing it online or after the girls are in bed. Today was just too horrible. And quite honestly, they haven't been much better since we've been home.