Saturday, December 21, 2013

What was I thinking...

Da Boys wanted to go for a bike ride today. When I asked where we were going, Casey told me 'the toy store with the giraffe'.



Da Boys grabbed their wallets, Sydney with his $1 and change, and Casey with his $2 and change. Casey fully intended to spend his $2 and buy a toy. We rode to the toy store, and began browsing. Apparently, most of the merchandise in that store costs more than $2.. Big shocker. Countless times, Casey picked a toy off a shelf and announced, "I'm going to buy this one. How much is it?" After I would tell him the dollar amount, he would put the toy back and say, "I dont have that much." Amazingly, he kept a great attitude about constantly being shut out. But, the kid was nothing if not persistent. He was determined to find something in his price range he could buy. After circling virtually the whole store, I managed to wrangle the kids up towards the exit... when Sydney chimed in, "We cant leave, we havent bought a toy". Somehow, some way, I convinced Da Boys to leave.

On the bike ride home, Casey suggested we stop at Target. For some odd reason, I agreed. Once in Target, Da Boys headed straight for the toy section. Here, it was more of the same... Da Boys grabbing a toy off the shelf, Daddy doing a price-check, and Da Boys putting the items back on the shelf. Plotted an exit strategy, I offered to buy them a treat. That seems to do the trick, as we headed towards the snack bar... Only to have Casey find the Cars display. He found some mini cars, that cost $6. Still out of his price range, but by this time, I was feeling horrible for taking my kids to 2 toy stores, knowing darn well, they couldnt afford anything with all the money in their wallets. So I stepped up, splurged, and offered to buy them each a set of mini cars. Their loot in hand, they said, "Now, let's go get treat". And here I was thinking 'cars in lieu of treat'... in reality, it was 'cars in addition to treat'. Alas, we got our treat, and rode home, where they happily played with their new cars!

The craziest thing is.. I truly believed we would goto the toy store, and would not buy anything. What was I thinking...

1 comment:

  1. Thank God u got them something, I was about to flip out LOL

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