Your Hands are full?



I am slightly confused about something. Today I went to the grocery store (Wal-Mart) to do ur bi-weekly shopping. When I go I get the big cart, you know the ones with the 2 extra blue seats attached to it. I use that so Elias (my son) can sit if he gets tired of walking & of course if I happen to have Jaden (my nephew) that day to. It seemed like everytime I would go down a different isle someone (most of the time it was Grandmother types) would say to me..."my my my, you certainly do have your hands full." At first I said not really, and I also have 2 others in school. Well I would say by the time the 4 forth person said to me I was irriated. I didnt even say anything! Not a smile or nothing!

I dont understand the purpose of that saying or even why I am constantly told that because I have 2 children in a grocery cart I have my hands full. I could see maybe if I had all 4, even so I am baffled by that statement. It seems to me the parents of these grandma types, back in their day had 10-14 children at at time....were their hands full? OF course not because it was the norm then, you needed help on the farm or around the house.

You know next time I hear that, because I am positive I will, I am going to ask what exactly do you mean?