I survived the grocery store ...with 3 kids. The Fred Meyer has a complimentary fruit display to help kids be happy while shopping. We went through 4 Mandarin oranges, 2 bananas and 4 little cookies (from the bakery).
On the way out of the store, someone asked if Meta and Thomas are twins. I suspect we will get that question a lot while we babysit Thomas (Dooley). He is 2 months older.