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After taking the boys grocery shopping yesterday I'm glad I get most of my groceries delivered. I remember spending Saturday mornings with my Mum at Coles where it takes 1-2 hours to do all the shopping. It feels like a quarter of your weekend is taken up with buying the things you need to survive work for the next week instead of enjoying your free time.
We would maybe go see one of the sets of grandparents whilst out, but that's not something the boys have to worry about here. The only grandparent they could regularly visit lives with them.
The only possible thing is you can go do your groceries at a larger shopping centre here. But I don't know when I'd let them roam free, and even those places lose their novelty pretty quick when they don't change and you have no money to buy anything.
You need to train them up so when they are old enough they can help instead of hinder the process. I was chief bargain spotter in our family, my sister and I took turns with exciting tasks like trolley return and of course we all worked to carry all the groceries in when we got home.
I'll need to make it fun for them later on. Maybe insert a maths lesson there by getting them to figure out the unit price of products. Hanging around for an hour or so whilst we shop would get boring fast otherwise
If they can save money on the main groceries there will be money free to buy lollies. It was very motivational for me.