Adventures in IKEA

Alright...so has anyone seen the Movie "Adventures in Babysitting?" That was one of my favorite movies growing up! Anyway, we spent Wednesday evening trying our darnedest to get kicked out of IKEA...SERIOUSLY. Ok - you caught me - it wasn't that we had that intention from the beginning to be officially kicked out...but as we progressed through the store, it definitely could have happened.

So we started off the tour by checking out the weirdest seat thingy. Becky...who will be in many more pictures to come...modeled the various ways to sit on it...this is my favorite one.

We then moved further into the maze and came across an ENTIRE bin of corpses. They were looking really bored and "lifeless" so we thought we would bring a little sunshine into their day!

We were thinking...."It's fun to stay at the YMCA." Now, are you thinking that too??

(We were in need of a model for our models...so that is where Jennie comes in.)

Now Chris got in with the action. You must know that this poor fellow was surrounded by some major estrogen! Me, my mom, Grandmother, sister Jennie & friend Becky...not to mention Victoria & Christianna! He certainly was a trooper. So when we told him to "Hey, climb into that cabinet so we can take a picture." He said..."Ok...just don't lock me in." (He knows us way too well....so we didn't lock him in. Come on - he could have us arrested for some lame "assaulting a cop" charge or something.)

(From top: 1. Removing all the shelves for maximum leg room. 2. "Ok..I am going in..." 3. "Ummm...you are not locking me in...right? Because I drank all this soda & may have to use the restroom sometime soon." 4. Oh yeah - he is really in there!)

(The little wifey to the rescue. I think he was seriously afraid of us ditching him.)

Oh! Maybe I should tell you that the girls were technically at the cool kid play area so they did not see all of our insane behavior. Good thing too - they would have been in SOOOOO much trouble had they done it! j/k (I actually put them both in this toolbox thing in Sam's once so they could jump out at Chris when he came around the corner. He actually found it funny as well as the other passers-by.)

Back to business:

FYI: The beds are really comfy.

Later on, I was checking out some random bag holder and all of a sudden, this mitt appeared at my face. It was trying to mack out with me! But I had to explain that I was already in a serious relationship.

I guess I wasn't too sensitive to it's evil advances...

He just went elsewhere. Becky's hubby was way back in Ohio...so she was a little lonely.

She had to take evasive measures to escape it's evil clutches.

Here are Chris & Becky teetering away! Word of advice: Make sure this toy is on a non slick surface...the little sucker was all over the place!

Does this need an introduction?

Maybe a warning: "Do not buy this toy. Because this could happen to your child!" Could you imagine? Decapitation by dangly toy thingy!!

We laughed so hard throughout the store that we cried! Not to mention that our stomachs and faces were so very sore from all the hysterical laughing. I bet, if you could view the security tapes, you would be laughing too! Who knows, it may end up on some video show and someone else will be winning $10,000 for submitting evidence of our "peculiar" ways.

In case you were wondering...no people were arrested or escorted from the premises and no little stuffed rats were harmed during the making of this post. (Too bad we can't say that about the crocodile, huh?)