Why 4 and no more

Imagine shopping at Sears for a few simple items, in my case a winter coat and a pair of shoes. Now imagine that with four children and a husband in tow. Sometimes our outings go better than others. On this particular occasion, the shoe kid, really wanted a pair of very unpractical shoes. The bottom line, he does as little as possible any given time, including not tying/untying his shoes. A pair of converse high tops are not his best choice. He was steadfast in his desire for these shoes, though and the price wasn't bad. I chose to let him decide (also known as laziness) and hoped he would see the error of his ways and choose a simple skating shoe instead. While he is fighting with the high top to get it on his foot, the three other kids and their father are playing a loud obnoxious game the next aisle over. Their dad is mad because he does not want high top kid to choose those shoes and is not confident that left to his own devices he will make the right choice (usually high top kid does not.) We must have been in the shoe department for close to 45 minutes, and I'm sure the employees were glad to see us go.



Upstairs to the kids department where thankfully we found coats were still being sold. Coat kid needs a new one because his dad tore his old one completely down the side while they were messing around in another store on a different day. While we are trying to pick a super cool coat that is also practical and inexpensive, the other kids pounce on the opportunity to hide in the middle of the racks and ask for every item Sears sells. We quickly choose a coat, I send the kids and their dad down to the tools and purchase the items.



High top kid and coat kid both ended up with what they need and high top kid is now skate shoe kid. I just hope they didn't destroy the tool/electronics department in the few minutes I took paying for the items.



Don't you want my life?