Saying I regret the missed moments... I am now remembering the times in a near zombie state that I dragged my little bickering blessings through a grocery shop, which (because we shopped sales and clipped coupons) entailed no less than 3 different stores and more than half a day to get the weekly shop done. Add to that the 30 minute drive both ways to get to and from town and you can imagine.......

Kind of miraculous being able to keep 3 distinct personalities all jockeying for attention entertained and safe while keeping part of the brain on whatever task is at hand. Pretending we are astronauts and cannot wonder away from the spaceship (shopping trolley) or we might get sucked away into space only works some of the time.

I was not able to keep it up continuously.