Super Mom?!

A colleague e-mailed me this afternoon and referred to me as "super mom." I had to laugh given the events that had transpired just this morning:

I had to buy a plain white shirt for a craft at preschool. Due to circumstances beyond my control (well, mostly beyond my control) I waited until the day before G was supposed to bring in the shirt to go to the store and buy it.

So I venture to the craft store with all three kids in tow and give S the threatening "Ifyousomuchasstepatoeoutoflineyoungman...!!" speech before we left. We get into the store without much ado and locate the shirt fairly quickly. Baby C was in his stroller and S stayed pretty close while I was looking for the right size. Then we went to check-out. <insert dun dun DUN! music here>

The only cashier was on the phone with a customer trying to describe the exact shade of red of a particular fabric the customer was interested in. After about 5 minutes of "no, I wouldn't say it's bright red, more of a rich, deep red..." they finally decided that the customer should just come into the store and look at the fabric.<insert forehead smack> During this phone conversation I've been attempting to distract the kids from the many alluring items that are placed by check-out counters to tempt customers into an impulse purchase. The trouble is that these items are just as tempting to a 2 year old, if not more. Just as the cashier hangs up the phone, S darts away and I run after him, apologizing to the cashier for keeping her waiting while I retrieve him. I pay while wedging S between the counter and my legs and then as I turn to grab the stroller handle, I back into a brochure display and send the whole thing plummeting towards a young mother and her infant. Fortunately this woman had excellent reflexes and not only managed to catch the display as it was falling, but also helped me pick up the fliers. I could not apologize enough to the woman for nearly pummeling her tiny daughter as I gathered my brood and headed back to the car. Ha! Super mom, indeed.