This morning, while he was watching his PBS cartoons, before either the pixie or Odysseus woke up, the imp came over and stood next to my knee, and said, "Mama, want new toy? Please?"
He has never asked for such before. Not once.
We had shopping to do anyway, and he hasn't had new toys (other than earned rewards) since Christmas, so I figured, why not?
He decided he wanted a little plastic cylinder containing four little fat plastic cars ($5 at Big Lots), which was about half what we spent the last time we got his little sister any new toys. I looked at the others and found one that had different cars from the one he was clutching, and got it, too.
He spent the whole afternoon, both before and after his nap, happily playing with his new cars, and sharing them with the pixie. I didn't have to deal with more than two squabbles all evening.
Lord, that was nice...
6 minutes ago
your a good momma HH. the rat
ReplyDeleteI try, Rat. I do try. Unpleasant as it is to do the hard part and actually discipline them when they're acting up instead of doing what's most common and letting them have their way all the time.
DeleteMy 3 boys loved Hot Wheels and matchbox cars and trucks. Found a mat of a city, but the mat down on floor, They played for hours. Cheap to buy hours of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe imp has his fourth birthday coming up in October. We were planning on getting one of those for him for his birthday.
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