Family Shopping

Sometimes I think four kids really isn't that many, and then there are other times when I think four kids is A LOT of kids.  Haha!  For example . . .

These pictures aren't the best quality since I took them with my phone, and you can't see Olivia's face in the picture below, but I just had to share with our families what a typical grocery store trip is like if we all go. Usually one of us stays home with the kids while the other goes just to be faster, and frankly, so that we have room in the cart for the food.  Haha!  The girls are old enough to walk if we need them to, but shopping carts like these are just too much fun for them!  I'm glad stores make carts like these.  This was the first time we tried to have Olivia sit in a cart and she's not quite able to do it yet, so Tim ended up holding her and pushing the cart with one hand.  She is getting better each day at sitting up though.

Everyone kept smiling and waving at the kids and telling us how beautiful they all were.  One grandma even pulled out her wallet to show me a picture of her redheaded granddaughter.  I'm so grateful when people show kindess instead of annoyance at kids.

The grandpa in front of us in the check out line was smiling and talking to the kids and then his wife had to squeeze past us to join him.  He joked with us saying, "Wasn't that rude of her?" teasing and grinning at his wife.  She chuckled and swatted his butt.  They were the most adorable couple ever! :)