Shopping with a Toddler

I was at Hobby Lobby today buying a few new ornaments for my tree. (Yes, of course they matched my color scheme - I am a tree snob, after all.)

The line was kinda long and Josh kept wandering around getting into things. He's starting to really resist being put in a cart, and with a baby coming in less than six months I figure now's as good a time as any to help him learn how to behave out of the cart while shopping.

Anyways.

I finally got to the front and started checking out. Suddenly, over the loudspeakers blasts the busy tone of a phone. The cashiers all start looking around and checking their phones, trying to figure out where it's coming from.

Uh-oh.

Where's Josh?

He suddenly and guiltily sneaks out from behind one of the empty cash registers.

"Oh, he pressed the button! I'll get it!" says my cashier as she rushes over to where Josh was and stops the noise.

Of course it was Josh. He was literally out of my sight for less than 30 seconds.

I grabbed him and started apologizing profusely. It wasn't that big of a deal, but I was still embarrassed. And, oddly, not that surprised. Then I made Josh apologize.

"I sorry", he said, as cutely and sweetly as possible. Then he hid his face in my legs and continued shyly peeking out until I was done paying.

All the ladies around us were charmed and amused. All was forgiven.

And of course Josh knew this. It probably went just as he planned.