the kiddos and i ventured out to kohls the other day since i had a $10 gift card and we needed to get some fall clothes for caleb. i have to say up front that this outing was particularly chaotic.  my double stroller’s wheel is about to fall off and it made for difficult maneuvering in the store. plus kohls loves having narrow aisles which made my struggles with the stroller even more challenging.

of course there is never silence and time to really think things through while shopping because i am talking to caleb about everything and nothing, making sure emmry doesn’t pull anything off of the shelves as we drive by, making sure caleb is with us at all times, and soothing ansley because of course this is happening during her nap time.  by the time we left the store emmry had pulled out her hair bows and rubberbands and lost her baby.  ansley had finally fallen asleep with a blanket over her carrier. and caleb was being his normal full of energy self.

i was thankful to pull in the driveway and have a calmer rest of my day.  once i got everyone into the house it was time for me to get ansley out of her car seat.  i lifted the blanket and she was grinning ear to ear with wide smiling eyes and holding a pair of size 4, which happens to be caleb’s size, navy blue athletic pants.  (i actually bought a pair of these for caleb in gray.) i am not sure how she got a hold of these in the first place.  secondly i don’t know how she got them into her seat with her without me noticing. it was just quite the sight to see my klepto baby holding onto these pants all wadded up with the biggest grin you have ever seen!

needless to say a return to kohls is in our future.  (sorry kohls!)