I looked at the clothes I had, and none of them felt like fun to try out. So I grabbed my keys and headed towards the nearest baby store. There, I sat in the car trying to figure out what diaper size to buy based on average age in them.
With new knowledge, I walk into the store and grab a cart. It was mostly empty, except for what seemed to be other mothers trying to quickly buy something.
I looked around and got to the diaper aisle. I looked around for baby powder, that lotion for rashes, and other diaper changing things. Then I kept looking at my phones, then at the shelves, where the diapers were.
Being four was my best option, so I grabbed some diapers that were size 6. Then I walked down and grabbed some swim diapers, pull ups, and other types of training pants.
After that, I pushed the cart towards the clothing aisle. This is the part that I realized I didn’t know clothing sizes. I attempted to look at my phone, but I highly doubted it’ll help.
I looked around, and found a worker setting up some toys on a shelf. I walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder.
“Is there anything you need help with sir?”
“Yes. My nephews are coming to town, and I’d like to surprise them with new clothes. Only problem with this is that I don’t know their sizes.”
“Have you tried asking the parents? They should know the sizes.”
“My sister is a blabbermouth, even to her kids. She’s be suspicious of me asking for their sizes.”
“Alright, I understand. How old are they, and we can start from there.”
“They’re both four. Identical twins.”
“Oh, four year old twins. Your pour sister has a handful.”
“Yea, that’s why I offered to babysit while she was visiting.”
“That’s nice of you. Anyways the best option are these clothes. They are 5T, but you may need a smaller size if they’re below average.”
“Thank you very much. Now are they the same thing for swim trunks too?”
“Yea, so you don’t need to worry. Have a nice day!”
“You too!”
I looked at the clothes and grabbed what seemed both comfortable and cute.
With all the necessary clothes, I headed towards the checkout and paid for everything. As I was paying, the lady at the register decided to start a small conversation.
“Aren’t you a little too young to be a father, and I highly doubt you could fit in these clothes”
If only she knew, “it’s for my nephews. My sister is coming to town, and I offered to take her kids off her hands while she’s relaxing.”
“Kids? Aren’t you going to struggle with toddlers. Ones older than the other you know?”
She must have been referring to the diapers, since there was an obvious difference in ‘potty trained’ and ‘not potty trained’ in them, “Well you see, my sister has twin boys. One of them has a little physical problem, so he needs diapers at night. The other one is fine during both night and day. I just know that he may need slight protection incase of accidents.”
“Why did you buy different brands?”
“I’m trying to make this a surprise to my sister, and I highly doubt you want twin four year old boys in this store at 9 am.” I paid her with cash to avoid my parents tracing this to me.
“Alright, here’s your receipt. Have a nice day!” I grabbed my stuff and receipt. “You too!” I walked out the door and put everything in the car.
Driving home, I decided to stop by and get some food. Most of my cash I saved up was spent on toddler clothes, so I used what little cash I had on my card to buy breakfast. It was just a chicken bagel and coffee, but it’s an alright breakfast to me.
I drove home and got everything out of the car and into the house. I closed all the blinds, locked all the doors, and stripped naked. My stomach was growling, so I ate my food and drank what coffee I could.
Then I stared at the floor, wondering what I should wear first.