How to go grocery shopping....

You have not been grocery shopping until you have done it with 6 kids!

First, you mention to you husband that you need to go grocery shopping. It doesn't matter how quietly or how far away your kids are, they WILL hear this and come running yelling "Can I come?????", the first mistake you make is saying yes to the older ones, because they have "promised" to help (and lets face it with 6 kids you could use a few extra "cart pushers"), then you get guilted into taking the younger ones.

So, after taking a good 1 hour and 30 minutes to find one missing shoe and get everyone in the car and buckled, you are off....
Upon arriving at the store, your 2 tear old will immediately run for the car carts, you know those completely germ filled unsanitary carts with the cars on the front. While you are going for the sanitizer wipes, your oldest 2 (remember the ones who promised to help) will grab one cart and fight over who gets to push while your 5 year old decides he wants to push the car cart and starts off before 2 year old gets completely in, which causes 2 year old to fall on bottom and sit there looking stunned and in disbelief that her brother just did that to her. At this point you look up and realize there is a line up of people waiting to get a cart. You grab cart for each older kid, put 2 year old and 5 year old in front of car cart, and head into the store, yes with at least 3 carts.

Once in the store and out of the way it is time to stop to give a brief drivers ed speech before setting your little cart drivers loose in the store.

Now get everyone in a line and go....While heading through the produce section you will stop 2 fights over who is first in line, calm your 12 year old drama queen who "never gets to go first", have the backs of your ankles run into at least 4 times, and remind (aka, threaten) your 5 year old hyperactive son that he will not get a special treat unless he settles down and either walks or rides.

Upon passing the meat department you will remind your 5 year old once again about the treat as he finds it is fun to punch holes in the plastic wrap that covers the ground beef...

At this point, you will ask yourself what the hell you were thinking when you said the kids could come with you.