Two Little Monkies Driving the Cart...

I had been avoiding this day for quite some time...and it's not even something that's so monumental like the first day of school, or the first date (heaven help me)...not sure if it was because I was nervous about how Braddock would react in sharing his grocery store helper roll of "driver of the cart" or if it was because I secretly just wanted to snuggle with Abram for as long as possible (thank heavens for baby Ergo, that sucker has allowed me to carry that 22 pounds of sugar through the grocery store for the past 10 months without a backache!)...either way, I decided before leaving the house that today was going to be the day to at least give the double cart a shot.  I wore Abram into the commissary in the sling just in case he didn't like it or the "driving" carts were all being used, but as we walked in the door Braddock's hollered "I SEE IT!  I SEE THE BLUE ONE!" I got Braddock settled in first, and then plopped Abram in, and the child's face absolutely lit up, and he started clapping.

I told Braddock that he was a super big helper today because he got to show Abram how to drive.  He pointed to the steering wheel and showed Abram how it worked, and told him "we sit safe in the cart...we sit on our bum in the cart" (heaven help us, I've created a rule monster), and Abram ATE it up.  By the end of the trip they were hugging each other, and Braddock was giving Abram eskimo noses...and even grabbing things off of the shelf "for Abram to hold" (we came home with an extra bag of chocolate chips because it made a good maraca...I figure Michael won't mind when he gets cookies :). 

 
I feel guilty that I doubted Braddock's sweet nature...and I have to admit, it was SO much easier hoisting groceries up onto the conveyer belt without Abram clinging to me for dear life every time I bent over!  I'm still going to miss those snuggles....they are growing up too fast.