YOU SAID:

my mother sent me to the store to pick up some skim milk

INTO JAPANESE

私の母は私を店に連れてスキムミルクを拾った

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My mother took me to the store and picked up skim milk

INTO JAPANESE

私の母は私を店に連れてスキムミルクを拾った

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My mother took me to the store and picked up skim milk