We looked at electronics and kid jammies before making our way back to the books. We all like the book section and spent some serious time here. Then we headed for toys, where no good things happened. Costco has tons of toys right now as they are getting in all their Christmas merchandise. So we are looking and playing with different toys. Owen calls us over to see a Lego set he has his eye on. We all go over, Geoff and I and Noah in the shopping cart. Owen is subtlely begging for this Lego set as are two other boys who call over their mom. As their mom walks by our cart Noah goes and smacks her upside her head! Those of us who know and love my little Noah have all been smacked upside the head by him. But we generally try not to let him tag perfect strangers. Geoff and I both apologize multiple times and Geoff adds the "he's Autistic" just so she understands his badness is part of a diagnosis rather than we just raised an asshole. We tell Owen to grab the Legos just so we can get off that aisle and go hide somewhere else in the store. We grab a big stuffed bear so Noah has something to occupy his hands. That lady was a wonderful person, she just blew it off as no big deal. I really appreciate she didn't make us feel any worse than we already did.
We continued our shopping at Costco, ate some samples and grabbed some things we needed. Noah, ironically, was an adorable angel the rest of the trip. He just kept resting his head on his big teddy bear. We were able to conclude our trip with no more mishaps. Day in the life of raising my special needs kid often keeps me on my toes. Really all we can do is apologize when Noah is inappropriate and laugh.
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