Our Wegman's morning.

Years ago, we'd load up the car and go to Wegman's as a family.  A very crowded, popular grocery store on the weekend and us with 2 young kids.  Why we did this time and time again, I do not know.  But there we'd be yelling back and forth through the aisles, "When you are getting pasta, get pizza sauce!" Or, "Don't forget to grab the eggs near butter!", "Ian is coming to you!"  And, the ever popular, "I'm taking Sam to the bathroom!!"  We had our own inter-grocery story walkie-talkies...our mouths and bellowing voices. 

Over the years, our trips as a family of 4 got fewer and fewer.  The kid's activities increased and we'd have to divide and conquer.  For several years now, Jeff has for the most part done our grocery shopping solo.  I give him a list and he happily goes to Wegman's very early on a Saturday or Sunday morning and gets the job done.  He takes pride on how quickly he can sail through the store.  He knows where everything is, that is until they've done one of their infamous reorganizations. 

This past Saturday, we had a day with very little planned activities.  I thought out loud, wouldn't it be fun to go to Chesapeake Bagel for breakfast and then Wegman's for grocery shopping?    Jeff and I couldn't remember the last time we did either of these places as a family.  Jeff wasn't sure he wanted us to invade his routine and mess with the good thing he has going.  Ha!

Oh, how times have changed!  It's funny that in just 4 years we are getting nostalgic about what life was like back then.  With the kids older (now at the the ripe old age of 11 and 8), we've come far.   We divided the grocery list and had two shopping carts going.  I took Sam with me and Jeff had Ian.  We were the model of efficiency!  In and out of Wegmans in under 40 minutes.  It was pretty spectacular. 

I am not sure when this event will occur again or if ever.  But it was cool to see us in action.  As we were walking into the store, I had a vision pop in my head from the movie, "Armageddon".  When the crew (all misfits!) are suited up and getting ready to launch into space to do their mission.  It made me giggle.