Carissa and Hunter both have birthdays this month. Hunter's party was last Saturday (another story). I picked up Hunter last Thursday night and Carissa Friday. I told them we would go to Toys R Us, and they each got $50.00 to spend. Carissa's response was, "Wow, fifty dollars!" Hunter didn't really know what Toys R Us was, but Carissa did and her enthusiasm was contagious. They were both hollering from the back seat, "Grammy there it is. Grammy right there. Turn right there." I was stuck in traffic and not moving nearly fast enough for them. It didn't help that my son taught Carissa to yell at the light to "turn green light". I had both Carissa and Hunter trying to holler the light into turning green.
This Toys R Us that my daughter-in law had directed me to, was the largest one that I had been in. I sat both kids in the back of the buggy. I was surprised that they had no buggies that seated more than one kid. I reminded each one of them again that it was only $50 each. We made it inside the door of this store before they were already finding "must haves". Hunter immediately needed a huge plastic boat and Carissa needed yet another pair of sunglasses. I asked if she was sure about the sunglasses. I am pretty sure she has at least a dozen between her house, her Pa's house, and my house; but "Grammy, I don't have any Backyardagin glasses". Hunter got a pair of Spider Man and Carissa got Backyardagin glasses.
Well we are now about 15 minutes into the store and haven't moved away from the aisle by the front door. At about the third aisle Hunter found a keyboard he had to have on sale for $48. We took the boat back by the front door loaded the keyboard and headed to find Carissa something.
Now even though I have a beautiful blue eyed granddaughter, you can forget the dolly, pink stuff aisle (although since Christmas she is the proud owner of a princess blanket and sleeping bag). Her Dad had taken her to see the movie Bolt, and she wanted the dog Bolt. There were several aisles to get through before we came to the stuffed animals.
On the clearance aisle there was an accessory pack complete with hard hat, saw, tool belt, etc. Hunter needed that. I told him he had a keyboard. "No, here Grammy. I don't want a keyboard. I want THAT!" Carissa wanted one also...no Bolt?
NO, they both needed hard hats. Well by this time I was getting hungry and tired, so I started pulling a Jonda (sorry Toys R Us folks). I was not walking back to the other side of the store to put the keyboard back. It was on sale. We were on the clearance aisle. I exchanged the keyboard for two hard hat sets.
I wasn't sure this was REALLY what Carissa wanted, even though she thought she did; so I thought I would just make a swing by the stuff animals to be sure when she saw that Bolt she still wanted a hard hat set.
Oh no, what a wonderful aisle, that aisle of stuffed animals. We had hit the jackpot. There were disney characters, Hanny Many characters, Bolt, Buster, and fairies. Carissa wanted Bolt, Buster, Minnie Mouse, Daffy Duck. Hunter wanted Hanny Many with a saw with real saw sounds and Hanny Many with a radio to fix.
Well out came the hard hat sets. It's a good thing I can catch. Oh the commotion for Grammy to hurry and get each what they needed. (Sorry Toys R Us folks for those hard hat sets in the Disney section).
All settled. Hunter had a couple of Hanny Many toys and Donald Duck; and Carissa had Bolt, Buster, and Donald duck. I went down the aisle next to the Disney aisle heading to the front to pay. BIG MISTAKE!! We now had dishes, play food, and kitchens to look at. Out came the Hanny Many stuff. Hunter wanted a cash register and food to play store. Carissa wanted dishes.
Finally after 1 1/2 hours, we made it out with a cash register, food, Donald Duck and sunglasses for Hunter. Carissa was happy with Bolt, Buster, Donald Duck, dishes, and sunglasses. We finished the night off with Incredible Pizza and games.
When we got to the house, the fight was on. It was past bedtimes, but my husband had to be picked up from the airport; so they got to stay up later. They BOTH loved the cash register. There was a lot of bagging groceries and Grammy eating food off of new dishes. (Something tells me that before Carissa's birthday weekend is over, she will have her own register).
I want my babies to see this when they are grown to remember how much fun it was to sack groceries, cook and eat play food, and run a cash register.
LATER
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