Every week, Joel works late one night and Hannah and I are left to fend for ourselves. This has turned into a ritual "Girl's night Out" where we go and do whatever we feel like doing. Most times, Hannah wants McDonald's or ice cream or to go to the Chinese Restaurant and eat inside. All big doings for a five year old. Last night, we ventured to the grocery store and picked out something special for dinner. I picked crab legs and shrimp. Hannah picked a kid's meal with mac and cheese and pizza and the little ice cream bites that Edy's makes. We also picked up some other needs and wants. Hannah pushed the mini cart which are store has for shopper's who are only grabbing a few items without much incident. We then proceeded to self check out where Hannah scanned every item, bagged it all nicely and put the bags back in the cart while I paid. She even sat up on the counter alongside to enter the codes for the fruit so it could be weighed. She did a great job. She loves to help.
The amazing part of the entire thing was another mommy at the scanner behind ours was admonishing her little boy and said to him, "Look at that little girl and how good she is being. You need to act more like her." I looked around for other children. Hmmm. Did she mean my little girl, Nah, couldn't be, but she did. She meant Hannah. Wow!!! My Hannah, the good little girl. My little girl being so good and well behaved as to warrant attention from an envious parent. Could have knocked me over with a feather. I smiled and told the other mommy reassuringly that this is not always the case, but I appreciated it anyway. I gave Hannah big kiss for being such a great helper and such a good girl. She looked up at me with her big eyes and said, "I love you, mama."
Such a perfect girl's night out. My heart melted all the way home. And once at home, it was a tear free, meltdown free night too. Yay!!! I don't know if this is going to stay, but I'm grateful for the time we had together.
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