So I had my first experience caving into my child screaming for something he wanted at a store. Parker loves horses and every time he see's a picture of one, a toy, or the real thing he says "house"over and over. He means to say horse but with his 14 month old tongue it sounds like house. When I was in Babies R us the other day he saw a rocking horse and started screaming "house, house, house". My big mistake was letting him rid it. I've never seen him so happy than to be riding that horse and I thought I was going to cry when I took him off of it and told him he was all done. He panicked, like I've never seen him panic in his short little life. He was thrashing trying to get out of my arms and screaming so the whole store could here him, "house, house, house, house!". When I finally got him to the cashier I decided just to find out how much it was and if it was too much I wouldn't get it. She asked another lady to bring it to her to price check it and that lady plops it on the counter right in front of Parker who was still upset and saying horse. This just made him go to a new level of intensity about the horse, now he was physically fighting me, trying to get on the horse that was up on the counter and yelling horse even louder. The worse thing was that it cost $40.00 and there was no way I wanted to spend that or tell Brent that I had spent it. I took a few minutes to decide just to get it. I've never seen him show such energy or excitement over a toy before. I got the dang thing and then I got out of there while every one was watching me. I put the horse right next to his car seat so the head was write next to Parker and that little boy pet that horse and had to have said "house! house! house!" a hundred times on the 45 min drive home and then he wouldn't get off of it once we got home. Here is a picture of him on his new horse. After seeing how much he loves it I think it was worth the money.
Easter Festivities
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Hunting for easter eggs was such a fun activity for the kids this year.
Brinley was very judicious about the eggs she would collect....
14 years ago
1 comments:
Amanda,
Parker looks so cute and happy on that horse, I would have given in to him also.:)I have a problem giving in to my kids.
I have been meaning to call you since your birthday. Happy late Birthday! I hope you had a great day and have a great year.
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