~ AN AFTERNOON BY MYSELF ~

well, spike & i'd some running to do this afternoon so brit stayed home with the bear cubs as it was their naptime & brit just got an MP3 player for her birthday (coming on july 10) today so she was 'busy' & voluntered her services to stay home with them ~ i stopped at walmart to pick up last minute things for our upcoming camping trip (leaving tomorrow - tuesday) as we'll be gone for 5 days & wow's all i can say ~ i didn't have to stop every 30 minutes to take someone (3 someone's) to potty & take 15 minutes out of my trip for each of those potty breaks (it does take about that long as they all 3 will need to go, then everyone needs to wash hands, then dry, etc. etc. etc.) ~ i was also able to go through the entire store without having to head to the toys, of course guess where i ended up? ~ you guess it, TOYS! ~ i didn't have to say, "no, we're not getting that today", "no, we don't need that", "please put that down", "stop whining" or "keep your hands to yourself" at all & you know what? ~ i missed my kids ~ hugs!