Just two

Jac and Leah are off to camp for the weekend, so it's just my boys and me. I dropped the big kids off Thursday morning and took the boys to walk around at the outlets. I bought some shower gels and got Elias a cookie for potty training so well. He's been wearing underwear all week. However, we did have one accident at the most inconvenient time in the middle of Hobby Lobby... More on that in a sec. Zac and I took the boys to the playground when he got off work and made sure they were super sleepy before heading home. Elias skinned his knee AGAIN, because he just skinned them Wednesday at church. All the crying. I cleaned them up with some water, which was just so evil of me in his eyes, but after a few minutes of swinging, he was back running around again.

So, I took the boys out so we could be out of the house for a bit. Elias went to the toilet and I packed him some extra underwear just in case. I was in the drive-thru line at Starbucks when Elias said he had to pee. I picked up my tea and decided to head to Hobby Lobby. They have the cleanest public bathrooms and all the autumn stuff, so why not? Their shopping carts are super small, so the car seat doesn't fit. I put Cole in the harness and decided to set Elias in the cart. We went to the bathrooms, so I took Cole out of the harness and let him sit in the cart seat while I got Elias finished up. He only pooped, so I made a mental note to keep asking about pee. We went back to the fall stuff and I put a few things in the cart that were marked down. Cole started trying to pry my shirt off, so I put him back in the harness and nursed him a bit while I continued browsing. After a few minutes, Elias says quietly, "I have an accident." I look at him, his shorts don't look wet, but when I moved the cart, there was a puddle on the floor. The cashiers were on the other side of the aisle and at that moment, two ladies came down the aisle. I let them know about the floor and I hurried to get paper towels and a plastic bag from the cashier station and let them know about the mess. I planned to mop it up with paper towels and disinfect the floor, but when I went to get started, the ladies offered to help me out. They were so kind. So, a cashier came over and put up a wet floor sign, I told them thanks and sorry and hurried back to the bathroom to get Elias changed. Then I felt something warm on my shirt and pants. Since there were items in the cart, I couldn't bring it in the bathroom this time, so I took Cole back out of the harness and onto the changing table, but the strap was broken so it wasn't the safest. I laid him on there and kept one hand on him while trying to carefully get Elias' underwear and shorts off without hurting his knees. I wiped him off with one hand and put him in dry underwear and luckily Cole managed to pee outside his clothes, so his shorts were dry. I put them on Elias. Elias can wear 6 month shorts, apparently. Since Cole was dry, I changed his diaper, wiped my own shirt and pants off and put him BACK INTO THE HARNESS. I wiped out the cart with disinfectant wipes and collected all the items ($20 worth because I bought them anyway) and we decided to come home. I didn't cry, though! And Hobby Lobby offered me words of encouragement at the registers.