Cheap Entertainment Turn Near Disaster!

As we turned into the parking lot of the "Dollar Store" today Shelby saw a flock of Sea Gulls, she said "those birds look hungry! we need to feed them." (We've fed the birds many times) So I told her that we would feed them after we went to the store. In side the store we got our usual balloons, some "way cute flip flops" for Shelby, several other unnecessary things and a loaf of bread for the birds. You can have so much fun for $1.00, feeding hungry birds!?! By the time we drove to the corner of the parking lot, Shelby had already taken off her shoes and socks. She meant she was wearing those "way cute flip flops." I got Reagan out of the car and put her in the stroller. Helped Shelby with the "way cute flip flops" and got my camera and the loaf of bread. We were having such a great time until disaster struck!! A half a piece of bread fell at Shelby's feet. She kicked the bread closer to the birds and as she did she kicked her "way cute flip flop" up into the air and a sea gull swooped down and picked it up. It got half way up into the air and realized it wasn't food and dropped it. Just in time for another bird to swoop down and grab it. He finally dropped it about a foot from the water. (Saved me from a little February swim!) Now picture Shelby, she is in total shock, so distraught about her "way cute flip flop" and the crazy bird that stole it, she's screaming "bring it back!" and I'm laughing so hard and trying to run under the birds just praying it will drop "said flip flop" on dry ground and not in the water and not poop on my head!! Needless to say Shelby was done! and scared from that point on, good thing we were down to the last 3 pieces of bread, which she threw as she was holding on to my leg. When we were through, she asked me was her bow still on her head? I guess she thought maybe one of the birds had pecked it off her head since they did carry away a flip flop. What an adventure!!! Pictures included for prove we were feeding said "hungry birds!"

Pouting, bird feeding, bow wearing,

3 year old in "way cute flip flops!"
*As a side note, I didn't think that the flip flops were all that cute??

But the child is such a drama queen, when she saw them she said "these are soooo cute!!! do we have money for these??" So of course they end up in the cart.