Wal-mart trip

I usually try my hardest to avoid going to the store with Samuel, because at the age he is, it makes it a pretty frustrating trip. I had to go to the store, becuase I'm having a Pampered Chef party tonight, and I needed to get the ingredients. I was going to go last night, but by the time I could go, it was too late at night. So after I dropped off Austin and Joseph at school, Betsy, Samuel, and I headed for Wal-mart. I came prepared with my list, and a purse full of snacks. We were doing pretty well for a few minutes, and then I made a huge mistake. We passed right by the big display of those big bouncy outdoor balls. Samuel starts yelling "Ball! Ball! Ball!" Now Betsy being the nice, helpful older sister, sees what he wants and runs over and grabs a ball for him and starts bringing it back before I could figure out how to get away from the balls and keep Sam quite at the same time. I told Betsy to put the ball back, and she starts to go put it back, and Samuel flew into a full blown tantrum, and betsy looks at me and says "Mom, can I make him happy?" I realize that I have 2 choices, 1) Let Samuel have the ball, and continue shopping, or 2) Don't let him have the ball, and leave the store immediatly due to his tantrum. I decided that I really had to finish my shopping and told Betsy she could make him happy. So she gives him the ball, and immediatly he is happy and giggling, and Betsy turns to me and says "mom, it's just a ball." So as we continued our shopping Samuel would throw the ball, and betsy would run and get it and bring it back to samuel. Now, although this did a really good job of keeping the kids busy while I shopped, I can't tell you how many times I had to apologize to people for samuel hitting them with the ball (I think he was waiting for someone to cross his path before he threw it). This one time he bopped this lady right on the head, and the look on her face was pricless, hehe! Oh wait, sorry, that's not supposed to be funny. Anway, we finally got to the check out, and about half the things I was trying to purchase, didn't have tags on them, so I couldn't purchase them.(I think Samuel was sabatoging me, and ripping them off when I wasn't looking, but I have no proof) Then, my WIC card wouldn't work, so I couldn't get my milk and eggs either. That was pretty frustrating, but at least I was able to get the ingredients for tonight, I'll just have to go to the store again soon, without the kids.