I went shopping last week with my two boys (ages 6 and 4) and my newborn daughter. All through the store I kept running into this middle-aged woman and her teenage daughter, and I was getting a very grumpy "how dare you be here with these kids" vibe from her. My boys weren't being bad, but they are definitely energetic and noisy and you can only rein them in so much, KWIM? Anyway, having this judgmental woman in the same aisle with me practically through the entire store was stressing me out (like shopping wasn't bad enough before!) When we got to the line for the cashier, we were behind a grandmotherly type lady. My boys were dancing around the cart, asking a million questions, climbing on the cart, trying to read the signs ("Mommy, what's AMP?" "Something you really really do not need"). And bless her heart if she didn't say "Well aren't those two just so well behaved! You must be tired, I used to go out with five and they were never this good. You're doing a good job." She didn't *look* like an angel, but it's possible she had just left her halo at home that day. :)