How many times do I have to tell you...

You know you've said it if your a wife or mother, or even heard it from your own.  I find myself saying it often to 3 kids who seem to have stuck something in their ears to not hear me.  This time though was one of those I told you so moments, and all I could do was laugh.

We had made a trip to a Walmart Supercenter, which is the last place I would ever want to go, but, there were things I needed that I knew would be much cheaper there.  I took the kids and we got a Blimpie for dinner and bought some ornaments for our Christmas Party we are having tomorrow night.  Things were going well, until Miss E decided she must have one of those Coke's in the little bulb shapes for Christmas.
She had her arms full of them ready to put them in the cart, with a big smile on her face.  I proceeded to burst her bubble and tell her we weren't buying those today, not to mention they were diet...yuck!   I looked to see if they had the regular ones and they didn't and then noticed there was not a lip on the edge of the shelf where she found them, and thought to myself, that doesn't look very safe.  I was on a mission so continued on with shopping while she put them back.  Then I heard it, and knew immediately what that sound was.  One of the bottles dropped to the floor from the shelf making a loud POP sound, shooting diet Coke way down the aisle.  My daughter stood there soaked from knees down, and all I could do was laugh as she walked towards me like a penguin.  She wasn't sure whether she would be in trouble or not, but my laughter gave it away, and she just gave me a look like, oops!

This is where the phrase comes in...How many times do I have to tell you... not to touch everything you see.  A younger guy looked over at me and laughed and said my mom used to say that to me all the time...and I had to learn the hard way too. 

A teachable moment for sure, and thankfully I was able to laugh about it...I hope we don't have to many more of these moments, but something tells me they are inevitable.