Brandon decided a couple weeks ago that he really wanted to get a pirate ship to play with. I told him that if he worked really hard and saved his money that he could buy one. He thought that would be a good idea, so he started doing "extra" jobs around the house. I got him to do things like unload the dishwasher, take out the trash, weed the garden, fold laundry, the list could go on and on. During this whole process, we had to go back to the store to "see how the pirates are doing" and "make sure they are ok." After a couple long weeks of lots of jobs and saving his money, he
finally had enough money to buy his toy. He was sooooo excited. I took him to the bank to exchange all his nickels and quarters into dollar bills and headed out to the store. By this time, I'm sure you can imagine, the excitement was almost too much to handle. Sadly, when we got to the toy isle, the pirate ship that he wanted was sold out. We drove around Richland for a couple of hours to different stores to see if they had the right one and didn't find it anywhere (Wally was even on the phone calling places to see if they had the right toy so I didn't have to wander aimlessly through all the stores). Luckily, Grandma Watkins found it at the store in California and agreed to send it to him.
He received his package in the mail yesterday morning and has been playing the pirates ever since. He even took them to bed with him last night. We realized how big of a deal this really was when he woke up this morning at 4:30 a.m. and came into our room asking Wally to help him turn on the light. He couldn't find his pirates and was wide awake, ready to play with them. He was pretty upset when Wally told him that he couldn't get out of bed or play with his pirates until it was light outside, but went back to bed patiently waiting. He was still awake an hour later when Caleb woke up to eat. Needless to say he loves his pirates. He played with them again ALL day long and fell asleep before he could ask to take them to bed with him. We are just hoping that he sleeps longer tomorrow morning and still wakes up eager to play with his pirates!
Brandon decided a couple weeks ago that he really wanted to get a pirate ship to play with. I told him that if he worked really hard and saved his money that he could buy one. He thought that would be a good idea, so he started doing "extra" jobs around the house. I got him to do things like unload the dishwasher, take out the trash, weed the garden, fold laundry, the list could go on and on. During this whole process, we had to go back to the store to "see how the pirates are doing" and "make sure they are ok." After a couple long weeks of lots of jobs and saving his money, he finally had enough money to buy his toy. He was sooooo excited. I took him to the bank to exchange all his nickels and quarters into dollar bills and headed out to the store. By this time, I'm sure you can imagine, the excitement was almost too much to handle. Sadly, when we got to the toy isle, the pirate ship that he wanted was sold out. We drove around Richland for a couple of hours to different stores to see if they had the right one and didn't find it anywhere (Wally was even on the phone calling places to see if they had the right toy so I didn't have to wander aimlessly through all the stores). Luckily, Grandma Watkins found it at the store in California and agreed to send it to him.
He received his package in the mail yesterday morning and has been playing the pirates ever since. He even took them to bed with him last night. We realized how big of a deal this really was when he woke up this morning at 4:30 a.m. and came into our room asking Wally to help him turn on the light. He couldn't find his pirates and was wide awake, ready to play with them. He was pretty upset when Wally told him that he couldn't get out of bed or play with his pirates until it was light outside, but went back to bed patiently waiting. He was still awake an hour later when Caleb woke up to eat. Needless to say he loves his pirates. He played with them again ALL day long and fell asleep before he could ask to take them to bed with him. We are just hoping that he sleeps longer tomorrow morning and still wakes up eager to play with his pirates!
3 comments:
That's such a cute story! He's such a funny little boy! Who knew Pirates could be so exciting!
Those are GREAT... who makes them? Brins would love those.
Also, great job with depth of focus :) They look awesome!
They are made by Playmobil. Target has a section for them.
Post a Comment