Using a Shopping Cart

We have had many journeys in these Target carts.  When Jack was an infant, he would ride in his carseat in the large back part while Owen rode up front.  As Jack got bigger he would sit in the front while Owen sat in the back.  Sometimes they switched places.  Sometimes the boys both sat in the back. Somehow, the majority of the cart was already occupied the minute we entered the store.  And because of this arrangement, most of our purchases end up on the lower section of the cart.

I never really thought much about this until today when Jack and I went to Target by ourselves.  Jack was chatting away, walking beside me, making random unnecessary stops(because he can now),  and helping me by putting things in the cart.

When we got up to the counter to pay, I looked in the cart, and there were only a few things there.  All of the other items had been shoved under the cart in one big form-fitting pile.  Of course, that is where Jack thinks they go.  Wouldn’t you after almost four years of “training”?