Saturday, February 2, 2008

"Son...looks like you've been out gunned!"

Tonight, we went and did our Saturday night grocery shopping. We decided to all go and make a family night of it. Let me set the scene. We grab 2 shopping carts, not because we will be filling them both up, but because we know that some of our kids will need a "time out" in them every few minutes. So, anyways, we're going up and down the isles, and the kids are not totally out of control, but they're on their way. We head up the laundry/detergent isle. All 5 of them are opening the bottles of liquid fabric softener and smelling them. I mean, every single kind of fabric softener. Thomas was just standing behind me trying to make sure that they stayed out of the middle of the isle, so they wouldn't bother anybody. Coming down the isle, the opposite way of us, is an older, taller gentlemen. He watches us for a minute or two, and then looks at Thomas and says, "Son...looks like you've been out gunned! All I see is women!" Ryker happened to be hidden in the middle of all his sisters. So, Thomas replies, "Well, I got one teammate." It was really funny....I guess you had to be there! After that, he started to talk to Marina, as most people are drawn to do, and says, "Are you a woman?" She shook her head NO. He then asked her, "Are you a pretty little girl?" To which she stood up and replied, "YES!" He then looked at me and said, "Oh...she already knows!"

4 comments:

Anamarie said...

How funny. A brilliant reply from Thomas I must add. Miss you guys.

Coffin Cutie said...

did ryker hear that? he must not have been paying attention, or he might have said something i think. very funny.

Jamie G. said...

They were too busy smelling the fabric softener!! Ya know...gettin' a little high!! Hee Hee

trayci said...

funny, i love that thomas' sole teammate was so caught up in savoring the bottled smelly goodness of fresh laundry that he wasn't even noticed among your gaggle of girls. i also love that you guys were able to let them get in there and experience the smorgasbord of shopping options. that is where the great family memories are made. hey, no harm (or spilt fabric softener) no foul, right?!? i love and miss each and everyone of you.