Things I don't want to forget Part II

So it has been awhile since I posted one of these! We had such a busy weekend so please be patient as I plan to post in pieces this week so I cover everything but I had to get this in before I forgot about it.

I took both kids to Attica with me today (Sunday) for a bridal shower while Ben finished up some projects around the house. This was a first (me driving solo with both kids further than 10 miles!) but I was up to the challenge. Drive there...PERFECT. Audrey watched a movie and Anderson slept. Drive back....furthest thing from perfect! I was hoping to get back to Toledo before Anderson was ready to eat again...Yeah right! I no longer got out of the driveway and he started whimpering...then it turned into full on screaming...which he NEVER does (mind you the poor kid is battling an ear infection!). I was really hoping he would calm down instead it just got worse....to the point where I was forced to pull off and feed him. So where does one stop when you are not even 2 miles outside of Attica...a cemetery. That's right..I pulled over, put the van in park climbed into the back and fed the poor kid along route 4 at a cemetery (at least no one bothered us--haha)!

30 Minutes later we were on the road...then I hear "I gotta go potty!" Seriously?! I look back and Audrey is clutching herself so I knew she was dead serious. I tried to explain to her there was no where to go potty but outside and she kept arguing with me..."No I go potty inside!". I pulled off again...this time 4 miles outside Attica at the old elementary school, pulled Audrey out and said go potty in the grass. She started to cry and run towards the building and I had to explain that the building was closed...She was so confused and panicked at the same time. So I did what any mom would do...I dropped my pants and showed her how to go in the grass. So there we are both of us on a country road i n complete darkness with our pants around our ankles hiding behind the van. She started to cry then it turned into laughing as she was holding onto my neck so she wouldn't lose her balance. She actually went and walked away completely dry (usually the first time a shoe or pant leg is bound to get wet!). Back in the car we went and I just prayed she could make it home before needing to go again.

We only ended up stopping one more time before the turnpike, this time to give Anderson Tylenol. When we got home and Audrey got out of the car I told her to go inside and go potty and she said "no, I go potty in the grass!". Oh lord!