pitter patter

Whoever coined the phrase "the pitter patter of little feet" clearly didn't have a kid like Elisabeth. Otherwise, they would've made the phrase, "the freakishly loud, reminiscent of the days dinosaurs roamed the earth, thump thump of little feet."

Also, parenting lesson 394: Target + Costco + teething almost 8 month old + hungry 3 year old = horrible idea. And poor Charlotte. She screamed the entire hour we were in Costco. And people tried to make her feel better by grabbing her little feet or smiling and talking to her, which just made her angrier. It was almost funny, she'd take one look at the funny looking old lady smiling and making funny faces at her and briefly stop crying, look at me, and then scream louder.