Grocery Shopping with 4 young children

After we ran our errands and had lunch, I decided to get some groceries. The grocery store was right next to the Chinese restaurant that we had eaten at so we just walked.
I've had lots of people ask me "How in the world can you take four children grocery shopping?" Today I was lucky. The kids were all happy. No tantrums or meltdowns and nobody needed to go potty as soon as I got the full cart in the check out lane. I've had horrible experiences. Maybe that's why I felt the need to take a picture of my happy kids in the cart today! The cart was perfect- Alexa and Gavin loved "driving," Tysen was belted in and couldn't cause much destruction, and Bowen was comfy in his infant seat secure in the main basket (although it didn't leave much room for groceries). It won't be long before Tysen, Alexa, and Gavin start fighting over who gets to ride in the car part.
The best part of the shopping trip was the elderly man who bagged our groceries and insisted on helping me out to the van with them. I was very grateful.