So the other day we went to Ikea to pick some stuff up for the house. I have to say that brave are the souls who blaze the Ikea trails along with kids. My highest regards, deepest sympathies and a big salute to them! We were ready to pull our hair out just half way through. If it’s your first time to Ikea, it’s understandable to be super over whelmed. But even on subsequent trips, it doesn’t get any easier. With one kindergartener running around picking random things and stuffing into our cart, to the infant (almost toddler) refusing to sit in the cart and wanting to do some exploration of his own (mainly picking up the crap from the floor), we had no time to stop and look at things. It was almost like – You like? I like- Let’s pick up. I like, You- not sure? Chuck it. But in any case- Move it, move it, move it! [Read on…]