well, the kids' idea of a "perfect morning"... we stopped by the grocery store for a few items. now you might think that a trip to the grocery store wouldn't be on most kids "perfect morning" list, but our kids like going to the grocery store. it helps that there is a child care area with crafts. we were not going to be there long enough for that today (it was too early for it to be open anyway). as a 'treat' i let manning walk for the first time and madelyn carried a basket - they were both delighted. we were in and out in 15 minutes. and then on to our prime destination - toys-r-us!
the kids had each received $25 for christmas from papa and nana and had a little more money from birthdays. we were there when it opened (as were several other families) and left over an hour later! the kids were relatively patient while taking turns shopping. i was having some trouble keeping track of all of their totals as they kept changing their minds and bringing me something new. thank goodness for those pricing checker scanners throughout the store!
it was a really good lesson. madelyn learned about tax (as she ended up $2 over the amount of money she had). i had explained about tax maddux wanted a toy that was $3 more than he had so i suggested he ask mason to loan him some money since the toy mason selected was less money than he had. mason, as always, was very generous and agreed to help maddux out. somehow it all worked out perfectly and they were able to pay for everything they selected.
then we picked up a quick snack from sonic (because toys-r-us took way longer than i anticipated) - corn dogs and tater tots - and headed over to playland! we haven't been in a long time and the boys have been asking to go. today was our last chance before madelyn went back to school. i was also hoping to wear manning out so that he might nap easily today. he is the first one to ever blatantly laugh at me for trying to put him to bed. he doesn't fight going to bed - that is the game. he comes to open the door, when i come, he turns, laughing hysterical, and runs back into bed pulling the covers up over him. little stinker. and it worked. he went right to bed.
and the bigs and i spent the rest of the day playing with their new toys. love.
2 comments:
What a great learning experience for the kids and I really like that you have them borrow money from each other. Does that mean they have to pay it back next time? I can just imagine how cute Manning is running and laughing from you..Such a cutie!!
no, it means that the toy partially belongs to mason too. we have a toy sharing policy in our house so it wasn't a huge sacrifice to give up some ownership. they were both pretty pleased with the arrangement.
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