Today, my mom took Brianna and me grocery shopping. Brianna was on her BEST behavior, mostly because she wanted to get a box of the new Princess Sugar Plum cereal. You know, the rainbow-colored box of sugary, crunchy cereal mixed with a HUGE serving of chemically engineered marshmallows that look and taste like tiny pieces of colored chalk. EW:-(!
WARNING! This cereal turns little kids into hyperactive GOBLINS after just ONE bite! The company even throws in a FREE Baby Unicorn squishy toy to DISTRACT you from the NASTY taste of the cereal.
Anyway, I knew my day was going to be totally RUINED the moment my mom said…
“Nikki, sweetheart, will you watch Brianna for me while I go grab a few items from the produce section?”
That’s Mom-speak for, “Sorry dear, but you’re about to be publicly humiliated by your BRATTY little SISTER! IF you manage to SURVIVE!”
The moment Mom turned her back, Brianna was gone. How could a 3-foot-tall, pigtailed little GREMLIN literally VANISH? One second, she was right beside me, and the next, she had disappeared into thin air. POOF!
“BRIANNA! WHERE ARE YOU?!” I whisper-shouted.
I frantically searched aisle after aisle, but she was nowhere to be found. Then I remembered she’d begged Mom to get her a box of Princess Sugar Plum cereal. So, I ran toward the breakfast aisle.
The moment I turned the corner, I spotted my sister trying to reach the top shelf of a nearly empty Princess Sugar Plum cereal display.
Brianna had haphazardly stacked boxes of diapers, cans of fruit punch, and anything else she could find in an attempt to reach one of the few boxes of cereal left. She was teetering back and forth, trying to keep her balance like a circus clown on a tight rope.
“OMG! BRIANNA, GET DOWN FROM THERE BEFORE YOU FALL!” I screamed.
Of course, she ignored me, like she always does. But, suddenly, she lost her balance and started falling backwards!
“OH NOOOOO!” I shrieked in horror.
I caught Brianna just as she was about to hit the floor. Kind of. Actually, I face-planted the floor, and she landed right on top of me.
“Thanks, Nikki! You’re my favorite sister!” Brianna giggled as she hugged her box of Princess Sugar Plum cereal like she’d just won a gold medal in the Olympics.
“I’m your ONLY sister!” I grumbled. I grabbed Brianna’s hand and rushed straight to the produce section to find Mom.
“Thank you for getting that cereal for your sister,” Mom smiled. “Why don’t you stop by Starbucks, my treat, while Brianna and I finish up?”
Brianna was safe, she had her favorite cereal, and I had managed to SURVIVE yet another day as her big sister.
But the best part was SNAGGING an extra large iced coffee! WOO-HOO :-)!
