Day 6

Smarty got a date with Mom today. Lucky guy, I know. He took his money in his robot key chain wallet and decided to purchase himself some things that interest him at Target. The $1 section is his favorite because it is cheap and there are well know characters always there. It is his money so of course he had to decide on each thing very carefully. After thinking long and hard about crap that was made in China for $0.02. he decided on glow in the dark silly bands and tablets that turn into foam shapes in water. $2 out of $7 down, 30 minutes wasted. I can easily waste a day at Target because it is the best store that was ever put on earth, but I was ready to power shop the actual store by the time this was over. So I drag the poor kiddo though all aisles that I needed stuff from and some extras as payback for standing at $1 world for incredibly too long and get my shopping done. He has this thing about getting tired or sick when we shop and he is bored. I started saying that we get to go to toys last. It’s easy. No pissing and moaning = toy shopping. We don’t always buy a toy either. We do way more looking than buying. I will never have the kid who gets everything he asks for. I love them too much to let that happen. Whatever called while we were checking out toys and video games. Guess what. Smarty is a sales pro. He let his Dad know that the game he was promised by him before he left was on sale…TODAY…and only for 3 more days. That is all. Never a peep of wanting or needing it. Just let that $12 off for the next few days simmer on your mind Dad. He is a evil little genius… He was very excited to show his game of to his Grandparents when we got home. He doesn’t get to open it until the weekend if he has a good week. He hasn’t asked to once yet. He is reading the case over and over though. I feel bad like it is a major bribe to keep him in line but it works. Gizmo got a Cars 2 car because it was supposed to be purchased by Smarty with his last $5 and he had left it with my things to be checked out. He was upset he didn’t get to buy it so he picked another to waste his money on. I patched up the soccer goal from the yard sale that needed a little TLC and we kicked the ball a bit after dark since it is still 100 degrees then in TX. Our dog is a major dumb ass when we want to play soccer. He gets kicked in his dumb face a lot and doesn’t seem to mind too much. I really do love the dog. He was my birthday gift from me but he is s-t-u-p-i-d. I hope it is a puppy charm that wears away with time. We aren’t sure how old he is. Maybe he will get smarter? Oh well, he’s ours now. Speaking of animals, our cat is very social these days. When we lived in MO in a tri-level home he nearly never showed his face. Now he is here with three adults, two kids and two dogs and he come to the kitchen and hangs out. Odd. I think he hated MO. He hid and slept all day. The cat is a whole other story in our life I could write for hours on. I better go to bed. Morning will suck tomorrow.