As Jason was paying for the groceries, I was showing Lily the ridey horse ride (what the heck are these things officially called?) - conveniently placed beside the kids shopping carts. I have since learned these carts are the 'fru-eets of the dev-eel' as Lily insists on ramming the cart into shoppers' leg - like some early form of baby Pacman. Needless to say we're not that popular at the local IGA.
I was trying to distract her for like 30 seconds while Paps finished at the till. In the meantime, restraining her from ripping bags of potatoe chips off the nearby chip display (sacriligious!), distracting her from the Baluzabeth carts and digging around in every crevice to find a quarter for the damn horse ride.
Lily desparately wanted a cart. She didn't care about the stupid horse, for which her pathetically poor mama couldn't afford. Nor did she care for my incessant 'No cart right now, sweety' pep talk.
Suddenly she wriggled loose from me, ran a couple of metres away, then threw Todd on the floor. When I scurried to pick him up, she ran back to the carts, and grabbed one - started yanking it out.
I stood there for a second. Had I been duped by a 1.5 year old? How does a 1 year old know how to create a diversion? Seriously? Is diversionary tactics pre-programmed into our DNA or was this a survival skill picked up at Daycare lady's house?Well played Lily. Well played indeed.
LXO
