What I Learned While Running Errands Today

1. The nicer you are to the guys who change your oil, the faster they will do it. And if you have two kids in the car who are really cute, and goofy it'll make it go that much faster, because the guys will laugh with you (I really, really hope it was with me...)
2. The cuter and more rambunctious your kids are in line when registering your car, the more people will be in line. And the longer the line, the more rambunctious the kids get. It's a nasty cycle. 
3. The faster your kids spin in circles, the harder they fall. 
4. Tile floors are not that forgiving.
5. People in really long lines will laugh when kids fall because they are dizzy. 
6. When people in lines laugh (hopefully with you, not at you) the lines go faster. Or so it seems.
7. How well your children are behaved is directly proportionate to how many errands you will have to run, and how long the lines will be when you get there. 
8. There are no short lines with two 4 year olds. EVER.
9. It will make your kids day when they get to see live chicks at the Tractor Supply store.

10. You will hear the question, "Can I have one?" no less than 100 times the rest of the day when you see live chicks at the feed store.
11. When you are stuck in a line that literally is slower than molasses, and you can tell you won't be out of it for at least 30 minutes, you will be stuck in THE line with the barest shelves void of things to bribe your children with.
12. That long line will be at Walmart, where, even though there is nothing on your aisle to entertain you, you can people watch.
13. There are some very strange people at Walmart.
14. There are toddlers that weigh what my two toddlers together weigh.

15. Two 4 year olds can have a better conversation with a Spanish speaking 5 year old than I can have with her mother. You apparently don't need words when you're a preschooler to have fun. There was some jibberish, a lot of sign language and hugs when we left. Nothing like meeting your soul mate while in a really slow line at Walmart.

16. Sometimes lunch can be colored goldfish and pudding when you've spent four plus hours running errands. It's a really good lunch to a toddler who spent most of that time in line.
17. By the time you've spent over and hour at Walmart you couldn't care less if you make it to the bank, or the boy scout office... you are ready to be home, because you have more errands to run tomorrow and the toddlers really aren't all that funny anymore. 
18. Four year olds fall asleep really fast after a long day of running errands, and a healthy lunch of goldfish and pudding, but the moms are the ones who need the naps.