Oh How I Love Macey's

Yesterday I did a hate post, so I decided that today I should do a love post. I love Macey's grocery store. Whoever came up with the idea definitely had their thinking cap on. What I love about Macey's is the fact that they pretty much count on their main staple of shoppers to be mothers with one or more young children, and they embrace it!! All we have to do is drive by and Lincoln starts yelling excitedly that he wants to "dribe da tar", in otherwords, he wants one of the carts that has a little truck on the front that he can drive. Best invetions ever, and although I do like the design of the Home Depot (we go there a lot) car carts better, the ones at Macey's work their magic and entertain Lincoln every time. Leaving me only one child to deal with while I try to focus on shopping, and soon he'll be old enough to drive with Lincoln. Then, at the check out, or any time you pass an employee really, you have the option of asking for a package of Smartees, which they willingly give with a smile on their faces, and your child is even more content to be at the grocery store than he already was. It's a beautiful thing. Also, (we always wait until the end but you could probably do it any time) after we've checked out, and are on our way to the car, we stop at the balloon counter and grab a free balloon for the ride home. Really, it's a beautiful experience, if such is possible in a grocery store with small children.

Today for the first time, Ivan got his very own balloon.  He loved it!! He laughed at it floating around in the car all the way home. Then when we got home I tied it to a stuffed animal so that it could stay down at his level. Between the two children and the two balloons, we were entertained for at least an hour. Wow. Forget Christmas presents, I'm just going to bring home a bunch of helium balloons and call it good.