The trickiest thing I find when going out without husband doing all the errands with this kids is keeping them in order when Im distracted and I’m trying to concentrate. You cant lug all their stuff about to keep them entertained and well I don’t trust my kids with my i-phone yet and I don’t see why I should give them more ‘screen time’ they get enough as it is. So these four little things are kept in a makeup bag in my hand bag at all times. They are my game savers for when I’m cued at the bank, in the post office and at the doctors when the kids have tired of the surgery’s toys. The trick is when your somewhere like the bank..see how long they (the kids) can remain patient entertaining themselves and as soon as the signs of a whinge or a whine appears (My boys start a twisting motion it must help in propelling that horrible whiny sound that comes out of their mouth) hand them the bag viola they are quite for another ten minutes.
The number of times people have commented I must have a carpet bag as I pull out my game/life savers is amazing. Nope I just watched ‘One fine day’ too often as a teenager. Remember Michelle Phifer pulling out all that stuff out of her hand bag. I thought so cool to be that prepared and I guess you never know when you will get caught out with George Clooney’s kid. Needless to say I’m fully prepared and as you can see they have been used a lot.
So these little lifesavers I imagine would work equally well with girls (although you can get those little mini dolls from the two dollar shop; perfect) and usually I have a note pad and a pack of Crayola’s there but I will be honest they didn’t look so picture perfect but they all fit neatly into the makeup bag.
So what life savers do you have in your bag for those tight spots with the kid’s,
Xx Deb
