Things that make you go.....hmmmm

So there are many times in a mamma's life when you are faced with a situation where you just don't know what to do.  Kinda like you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.  Well, I had one of those very dilemma's today.  

If you are at all familiar with my family, you will of course know that this has something to do with going to the potty.  That's a pretty hot topic around here these days especially with a toddler and a 16 month old who just loves to stick his hands in toilet water.  I still haven't figured out what is so dang appealing about toilet water to little kids.  It's not like we have the kind that is blue or green.  Nope.  Just plain old clear.  In case you are thinking this story involves one said 16 month old putting his hands in the toilet, rest assured.  But I'm sure that will be a story for another day. 

Anyway, I took Miss C and Little J to the mall to run a few errands, ride the carousel (Miss C's favorite), and then have lunch at the food court.  Usually we meet up with friends, but today I decided to fly solo.  Right before we headed for lunch, I took the kids into the bathroom for a potty break.  Of course Miss C didn't have to go.  They never have to go when you really need them to.....like right before you leave the house or right before you take a long walk.  Better yet, right before you take them to the park where there is no public restroom within a 10 mile radius.  Why they don't put public restrooms at parks is beyond me.  Do they think that kids don't ever have to go to the bathroom?  In fact, five minutes after you arrive at the park is exactly the time that a 3 year old needs to use the restroom.  With.  Out.  Fail.

So of course we head to lunch after our errands.  I'm trying to juggle two trays, a double stroller (which is hard enough with two free hands), drinks, two hungry kids, and a diaper bag.  Finally we make it to our seat.  I settle the kids into chairs/highchairs and start divvying out the food.  And wouldn't you know it.  Guess who has to go to the bathroom?  Oh, not me.  Of course I was the good one that went during the potty break before lunch.....not more than five minutes before we headed for lunch.

Me:   Are you serious?!

Miss C:  Yes.  I need to go pee-pee

Me:  Can you hold it?  We just sat down!

Miss C:  No mommy.  I need to go now. 

Me:  Miss C, we just went to the bathroom before lunch and you said you didn't have to go.

(Miss C is now holding herself and giving me the face like she really needs to go--which is such a nice touch to this whole conversation)

Now here's the dilemma and it's actually two fold.  First, we all know that toddlers have a sneaky way of telling you they have to do something and then not actually doing it.  I can't tell you how many times I get the "mamma I need to go the bathroom" speech and it's a false alarm.  So I'm sitting there trying to quickly access how much of an emergency this is.  Usually Miss C is pretty good about being able to hold it.  She usually doesn't wait until the last possible second to notify you.  But we just sat down and lunch can sometimes take 30 minutes which would just be too cruel to make her wait.  So I decide we need to go.  Of course the bathroom is out of the food court and down 4-5 stores.

So here's the second part of the dilemma.  What do I do with all the food?  It's not like I want to pack it up and take it with me into the bathroom.  That's just gross.  But I also don't want to leave it there unattended.  Who the heck knows what would happen.  I mean airports don't even let you leave your bags unattended before they call in the swat team.  I wasn't about to leave our food sitting there.

So you see my problem.  What would you do?