Fun Trip to Kohl's

I was shopping at Kohl's the other day and forgot to put the double stroller in the van before we left, so I only had the single stroller. (Why don't department stores have carts with room for more than one kid, by the way?) So, I just strapped Mary in and had Josh sit on the handle/cup holder tray, like I often have him do.

As I was shopping, and coming close to nap time, Mary was starting to get kind of cranky and had grabbed an item of clothing from one of the racks during my browsing. It was keeping her relatively happy, so I let her play with it. A few minutes later Mary somehow got the metal hook of the hanger stuck in her mouth and started crying. I go to her and get the hanger out of her mouth, but it did some damage and there was blood. Alarmed, I take her out of the stroller to assess the injury, forgetting that she is weighing down the stroller that Josh is sitting on...oops. The stroller tipped over backwards and Josh fell. He wasn't hurt badly, but now I have two crying kids, one of which is bleeding. Awesome! A nice older lady asked if there was something she could do to help, but really I just needed to get to the bathroom to get Mary cleaned up a bit. I finally convinced Josh to ride in the stroller and push him while carrying Mary and trying to keep myself from getting too bloody (there wan't THAT much blood, but I still wanted to salvage my shirt, if I could).

We finally made it to the bathroom and got cleaned up. I found some smarties in my purse which got the kids to stop crying. Mary's injury never seemed to bother her after the incident, and we were able to finish our shopping with only some of our dignity lost.