Bentley Goes Shopping in Vegas

In the first post, I mentioned that Bentley likes to write up grocery lists.  He doesn't really like to do a lot of shopping, though.  I'm happy that he is normally very well mannered, so it's always fun to go with him.

However, this post is kudos to just how well mannered he is.

Had you tagged along with us, you would have found yourself at the local Wal-Mart 5 times, the Smith store, CVS, and almost at ACE hardware.  What could two guys happen to need that much?

Well, there was the trip to buy food.  And we got distracted and bought soccer stuff, too.  And then there was the trip because we needed to get the right toothpaste and nightlights.  Another trip to try to find cookware for the food we bought on the first trip, and a fourth trip to get the food mom would have gotten to go with the other food on the first trip (like chips to go with the hamburgers).  Then there was that other trip to get medicine when Bentley started to get sick (cold or allergies or both), and finally a reward trip to get a new Lego set since getting sick was not making adventures fun.

What food did Bentley pick for us to eat?  Steak.  Hamburgers.  Bread.  Grapes and strawberries and cutie oranges and milk.  And Bentley figured I needed peanut butter and jelly since everyone he knows likes it (except him - he won't touch it).  Noodles - lots of noodles.  That's not enough noodles, get more.  3 pounds of steak and 3 pounds of noodles?  Sure, we can eat that.  5 pounds of fruit too?  Ok.  Crescent rolls, hamburger buns, and a loaf of bread?  Guess I can freeze what we don't eat...

No, I don't normally do the shopping.  I pack food for me to eat in Barrow, and it somehow seemed reasonable to get twice as much food as I normally would for just myself.  

Bentley doesn't eat that much.  And he didn't really like the oranges.  Or the grapes.  Or the strawberries.  Grandpa does the steak better, and I forgot the straws needed to drink the milk.  That pretty much left him with bagels (he brought those in his backpack), and hamburgers.

I would have to conclude that our three successes in shopping was for the soccer set (used every day), the Lego set, and the cookware to bake chocolate chip cookies.

Next trip - we're living off of cookies, hamburgers, chips, and cereal.