Reruns Run!

Yesterday was Rerunsrfun day for us at my house! This meant I would try and actually juggle work, my pet project and all four of my kids and their schedules so that we could make the noon opening of the sale.

I hit the ground running just as soon as I got up. I fed the kids, and while they were eating, ran their bath.

Somehow, I remembered to empty a laundry basket so that I would have something to carry stuff in while we shopped because our new stroller doesn't really have much in the way of a basket to hold stuff!

I even managed to get all three of the babies bathed and no longer looking like ragamuffins or something out of "Oliver Twist" in under an hour!

Kaiden didn't try and climb in with his brother, and Vivie let me comb all of the knots out of her hair and put it back in barrettes.

I even remembered to feed them lunch while I got ready myself somehow!

We left the house at 11:30 and headed for Bossier. I don't know how, but the babies were good, sweet and quiet for a time!

I arrived and was able to park with enough time to spare that we ended up being able to stand in line like real people instead of having to wander up like latecomers!

We made friends with everyone around us, and I even met a Twin Mommie in line!

We shared the same doctor, so we traded stories while we waited. The kids even tried making friends with the other little people in line, too!

Then it was time to go inside. I didn't have high hopes for the sale after reading some of the early comments about it, but I was pleasantly surprised once I got inside.

We need clothes, so we headed to the 2T rack immediately. I knew that if i browsed furniture, that I would probably end up buying the kids car toddler beds and break my oath NOT to go that route until they are ready for big beds!

I immediately found Vivienne something to wear for Christmas, which was a good sign, and more than I had hoped to find after the early reviews.

Then, I noticed that I was finding lots of boy clothes for once. I never find much in the way of boy clothes, but for some reason, I found a LOT!

I had my pick of Christmas outfits for the boys. In fact, I had soo much, that I ended up going through and getting to weed out the ones that weren't as cute or nice as the others and actually found myself putting things back!

All in all, I managed to find 35 clothing pieces in all, which averaged out to about $6.50 a garment.

This wasn't too bad considering I am a baby clothing snob and like smocking and boutique clothing!

I don't think I found one bit of play clothes, which is fine, because I will just dress them in the nice things and buy lots of Oxy-clean and call it a day!

They are clothes, after all, and meant to be worn regardless of how nice they really are.

Then, we headed over to the toys. In my house, we have so much of everything that we just didn't find much in the toy department.

But, what I did find was a super nice, what I would call a, "Dressie Bessie" sort of doll made by the Little People line at Fisher Price.

Vivienne didn't see it as she was much too busy protecting her tiny purple baby that she had brought to tag along, so it was quite a surprise once we got home and had present time!

Because the sale opened during naptime, my kids got to skip their nap. This made Kaiden ever so pleasant as he does not like change, and hates shopping even more!

He kicked, screamed and cried nearly the entire time. I tried to talk to him through everything, but of course it didn't do me much good, he still screamed!

My apologies to everyone for the noise, but being this is a twice a year shot, I had to try and get the kids some winter clothes!

Overall, we did okay. We managed to shop, check out, and miss the downpour outside in time to load up in only a few raindrops.

I had time to run by Wendy's and grab a quick salad on the way to pick up my eldest and transport him to the Renzi Center for class after school.

Kaiden and Kian tried to nap en route, but failed miserably. They were fussy, so over cookies, I gave them the cars and the baby that I had found for them at the sale.

Vivienne saw what I was doing while I cleaned up the new toys, and came running in from the living room screaming, "Yay, Yay, Yay!" the whole way.

She hasn't put her new dollie down yet, and its been a day already! The boys were ecstatic over their new cars, too.

All in all, I was able to pull it off, but I never got a chance to log in and do any work. Hopefully, I will get a chance to do that in a little while!