and nightmare all at the same time. Friday was the stake father/son camp out. So we girls were going to have a night out as well. We went to chik fil a, Laura and Hannah's favorite. They played and then I decided we would go take Laura shopping for spring clothes. Something I've been meaning to do for a while. I am not a shopper. Most of Laura's clothes throughout her life have been handed down, given, or something I purchase and bring home for her to mostly not like. We did do some school shopping, but it didn't really feel like girlie girl shopping. So I took them to Burlington Coat factory. Laura was in heaven liking a lot of the things and I said we had to pick a few and decide. She liked this dress then that one, this outfit then that one. We were all holding outfits. I realized in the middle of it, it felt like girlie girl shopping.
Laura said, Mom do they have one of those places that you try the clothes on and I said yes and had a glorious picture in my mind of Laura trying on her choices and us all admiring how the outfits looked. Well, I did have a two year old with me. She was doing just fine. She had had a nap earlier so I thought we were good for a while. We enter the dressing room, a little tight but we all had moving space. Hannah had been dragging around this yellow dress that Laura picked out so it was size 5, not 2. Laura starts changing clothes and Hannah then states she wants to try on her dress. I try to explain that it's not her size, to no avail. So we get her clothes off all the while I'm trying to help Laura in and out of her clothes. I look down and Hannah has taken her diaper off, then refuses to put it back on. She is completely naked. I'm trying to let her cool down while helping Laura and she escapes out the dressing room door. My daughter is outside of the dressing room of a department store- stark naked, this is a first for me. I drag her back in and there is wailing and gnashing of teeth, possibly a head spun around. I don't know if she is clausterphobic or temporarily possessed by a demon. I do not have an explanation. We finally got her clothes back on. Laura tried on 2 out of 10 outfits, we considered ourselves lucky to have our heads and went to the checkout with our selections.
We had to wait 15 min on a price check of $2.99 gloves that Laura fell in love with while Laura chased Hannah around the watch stand. Hannah had the cutest little purse that she wanted and would go with her Easter dress so I wanted her to get it but couldn't get her to let go of it to pay for it. We finally get that purchased, go to the van, I get the kids in, Hannah's buckled. I turn go to get in the van and hear something go 'plunk'. I turn around and find the undetachable from Hannah's hands purse laying on the asphalt (it is white). I go back to pick it up and Hannah is smiling from ear to ear. I think she won this battle! I don't wish her life away, but the next two years could go swiftly and I wouldn't mind so much.
