Having Fun instead of taking things too seriously ... (Fun Shopping with Mia)

My big girl, M, is 5 years old (5 and a half she would let you know!), and I'm proud and amazed at the little girl she has grown to be.  Today, I shared a real girl experience with her, as opposed to a toddler or preschooler experience.  We did a big shopping trip to Canadian Tire to buy a number of boxes and other large items, which I had a hard time juggling into the shopping cart and then struggled to peek over or around as I pushed the cart around.  Having a sleeping baby P and her stroller in tow, and M not yet having mastered the art of maneuvering the stroller around corners without bumping into them and waking the baby, could have made this one of those stressful "shopping with children" experiences which usually make you wish you had just stayed at home.  But M has this slapstick sense of humour and just cracked up at mom's antics.  Her laugh is so infectious that soon the other shoppers and staff were treated to a giggling little girl and her giggling mom shoving a hugely overloaded shopping cart and baby stroller through the aisles of the store, hamming it up a bit and not doing it very quietly.  Thank you, M, for reminding me how to have fun instead of taking things too seriously.