Dunduhdadada da da da (that was circus music)

When I take all the kids to Walmart I feel a little like a walking circus.

You have the shopping cart, that is, the cage.

And you have the animals.

Sometimes I can stuff three kids in there, and that is great, cause they are contained and I know exactly where they are and I can walk at my own pace (though it is quite a workout.)

But when those animals get out of that cage... WATCH OUT!!! They're here, they're there, they're everywhere!!!!

Hence... 3 ring circus.

Jenna was being silly and hiding from me so she could jump out and scare me.

Carter was grabbing all the things he thought we needed from the store (while I then sneakily tried to put them back.)

And Logan was having a blast opening and closing the freezer doors OVER AND OVER. He would not leave the freezer section. And when I finally grabbed him, he ROARED oh yeah he roared. If he could have he would have bit my head off if I stuck it in his mouth.

Then you have the trapeze artists.

When the kids get out of the cage, sometimes they like to hang on the sides of the cart and ride that way. I can only imagine what I look like with a baby and groceries galore up top and three little kids swinging on the sides.

It is a balancing act for sure.

There are the clowns.

Ha ha... that's me!!!! I think I'm pretty funny!!

I juggle pretty well handling food and handling children. Sometimes I push the cart WHILE holding a child in my arms. I am that good.

Not to mention getting 4 kids ready to stuff in the van and go somewhere leaves me LAST in that lineup so I most definitely could be in one of those photos of "People at Walmart" that we mock, I mean you know it's bad when even I (who most of the time just doesn't care anymore) am saying to myself "I canNOT believe I am out in public like this. But wait, this IS Walmart."

(you know how clowns are scary?)

Yeah I am the clown in this circus of life!!

(although when I was pregnant I think I made a good elephant.)

Thoughts have been going through my mind lately about WHY so many people have kids, and why do so many people WANT kids, cause there was an article in the newspaper about how studies show having kids makes you less happy (to which I replied, "EXCUSE ME?") but it made me think. I am definitely happier with kids than I ever was without... but WHY is that? Parenting is not easy. Nope. It's draining and it's crazy. Sometimes the rewards are few. So why did I get so defensive and think how DARE they tell me studies say I am not happy!!!!! Well don't you worry I have thought this through, will be blogging about it soon.

Once I find some free time...