Holiday Gifts

Shopping with kids can be crazy, but here's an intrepid shopper finding wedding gifts with two kids in tow.

My 2-year-old sweetheart, Madeline, doesn't sit in a stroller anymore. "Wok wok wok," she said as soon as she saw Target's parking lot. This left my double-stroller just half full as I pushed it with my 1-year-old son, Jared, peering out of its back seat.

The three of us were on a mission to purchase a wedding gift off our friend's bridal registry, a wedding that had already come and gone. With one child beltless and napless, the situation was a serious one -- one that required an in-and-out strategy.

We printed the registry and made our way deep into the department store, cross-referencing rows and aisles against our store map to find what we were looking for. I located the item -- a four-slot bagel toaster. "It's awfully large," I thought to myself. "Isn't a bagel toaster too specialized for the simple job of toasting?" There was no time to ponder. Good enough. Let's go.

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