part of my family was visiting from nyc and this time they rented a car and drove here instead of flying. we took the rare opportunity to shop for large items they would never be able to haul home normally, with a ‘quick visit to ikea.’ this concept of the ‘quick visit’ to this crazy grand canyon of a place, was soon revealed to be the ultimate oxymoron, in my young niece’s opinion. she dealt with it all in her own way.
she finds a kindred spirit in an employee who has her own stuffed animal and happily joins in play with her stuffed bunny and ratty friends
she relaxes a bit at the scene of all the play, with her favorite color plastic ikea shopping bag, as her blanket
we move to another part of the store, but it’s all just one great napping place in her eyes
soon, she is absolutely at her limit, and ready to roll on out of this place. disguising herself as a large carton of furniture, she is in full-out camouflage mode.
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‘And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.’
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Cute as a button. You should send the pics to Ikea – she may be a star in the making ( even though she is already in your eyes) :-) xx
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aw, thanks jen. and i have a feeling she just might nap through her stardom –
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She is very cute.
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ty, and i just loved the way she handled it all when it got to be too much )
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Your welcome and that was the best part.
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After I saw that last photo, I wondered if anyone came up to you in the school and asked you in what aisle you found the little girls for sale. That’s such a silly pic! :)
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aisle 47, section 3A, if you must know )
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Ha!
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Haha. Try it before you buy it. Did you g
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Did you get her the sofa bed.
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tomnardone, you will be happy to know i bought it and i’m going to put it in my art studio/creative cave/escape room, for all who may need it, including me )
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rock out
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done.
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Buy two and I will join you, perhaps
even three with Tom calling in :) lol
Andro xxxx
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ah, but my room in my cottage is so tiny )
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It’s okay we will all fit in there
nicely, we can rename it ‘The Snug’
if you like :) I hope we get pancakes
at breakfast, I’ve never had that :)
Andro xxxx
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aw, everyone deserves a pancake made just for them for breakfast, at least once in their lifetime
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OMG! hahaha, how adorable is she :D
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ty, probably wouldn’t have been as adorable had i done the same )
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You never know – it’d be a shame not to find out though, right! :p
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i’ll try it out next time i’m on a field trip there –
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I do the same thing, although falling asleep in the bananas at the grocery store is apparently “against the rules.”
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yes, i got a severe scolding for that very thing once )
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Sooo cute! I miss those days with my daughter but she is just as fun now! Except she takes me to Ikea now! Hey… by the way… I used to let my daughter ride like that on the cart too…. until…
I was not watching and for the crazy reason she stuck her finger by the wheel and OUCH!!!! I felt sooo bad!!!! I try to save unexpecting parents that horrible host of feelings that comes with your kid being hurt and feeling you could have avoided it…
:( ;)
Thanks for sharing! Loved to go shopping with you guys!
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everything comes full circle doesn’t it? good warning to pass on –
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Yeah who woulda thought she would “wanna feel how smooooth the wheels were” I felt sooo bad! You never know what is in your kid’s head until a split second later! ;)
Enjoy this time now! I remember when a trip to Walmart or the playground at our local McDonalds would bring gasps of joy! Now my baby has her very own Seasons Pass to Disneyland! lol.
But we still have our annual Mother and Daughter Knotts Berry Farm trip where it is just her and I!
A few years ago she talked me into going on a pretty much vertical water ride that dropped us into a pool of water. Maybe younger people can recover and look okay after that. But just a hint… that is the kind of ride you go on at the very end of your day or you’ll walk around looking pretty much like a drowned rat!
But you have a few years left of shopping and bringing on those gasps of joy! enjoy!
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well, like you, those years have passed for me. this was my young niece visiting, though it all comes back immediately. love the relationship i have with my 3 grown daughters and grandbabies now though )
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Oh, adorable, cute and precious, too! I agree send those pics to Ikea… also, like her spunk and fun spirit, takes after someone else in the family we know!
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aw thanks, she is a gem )
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Lovely pics. Aren’t kids great? Nothing fazes them. Head down whenever, wherever. And looking cute at all times.:)x
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absolutely and they can get away with murder because of it )
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She and I definitely share the same passion for shopping! :) I hope you had a great time with your visitors.
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ty, and who knows where we might find you curled up if you were taken there? )
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If I ever let myself go to Ikea, I’d probably look like that at the end. (And I guarantee I wouldn’t look that cute!) That’s one reason I fight the temptation to go.
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understand, that is exactly how most people feel at the end, i’m quite sure. always an adventure/misadventure –
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Duuuhhh, I saw that in your first paragraph! Sorry… She’s a Cutie Patootie and you are a very young looking grandma! I got confused! Guess you don’t need young mom advice… lol.
xoxo
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no worries at all, i take it as a compliment )
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Cute!
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she is, thanks dk )
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Adorable. And she pretty much expresses how we all feel about Ikea :)
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so true, we always start out so positive, playing with all the interesting stuff, and then we just hit the wall and cannot wait to escape!
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As a person with a lengthy trip to IKEA coming up, I feel the need to borrow her. Can I?
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i’m sure she may not be the best company, as she may balk upon seeing the familiar yellow and blue signage )
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IKEA is definitely her scene
and if these photographs are
anything to go by i can see
that her IKEA experience was
a truly positive one :)
Actually I might try that idea
myself, if I can find a sofa long
enough to take my frame :) lol
Great post and pictures Beth :)
Andro xxxx
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thanks, and i think it’s a good approach to getting through something you are quite over –
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Absolutely, out with the rubbish I always say :)
Andro xxxx
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That’s pretty much how my husband acts in Ikea too.
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it does that to many people of all ages and sizes. they should just have an escape from all this area.
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She is just too cute. On our last trip to Ikea my children, who are a little older, spent their time playing on their DSi.
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i’m not surprised, it tends to quickly be all too much for them, just like adults, and they do what they can to get through it –
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At least they found a way to pass the time while we make decisions on what to buy. And then the treat is, of course, to go and eat a little at the restaurant :)
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absolutely )
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Great quote!! IKEA is all kinds of awesome exactly for the reasons you’ve shared here. This post is from a different vantage point, but also captures the spirit of IKEA :-) http://wp.me/p2KpyX-8N
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happy you enjoyed it and thanks for sending the link )
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Sleeping on the dot. Very cute girl, even when asleep. :)
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thank you )
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Ikea is not much fun for a little one so credit to her for smiling!
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i agree )
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