2 For 1 Special

Well, since Daneen has all of a sudden lost her ability to post I guess I will put up another one. She tells me just about every other day "we need to do another blog". Notice the key word there, "we". Anyway, rather than do two posts on two separate topics, your getting the 2 for 1 deal.

Daneen and Carson: The Bargain Shoppers

Okay, on Thursday last week we went down to the "big" city so I could go to a doctor's appointment. We took Carson with us because we didn't know what time we would be back and because Uncle Mark and Taylor got Carson a gift card at Toys R Us (thanks guys). Won't bore you with the doctor's appointment and just go straight to the good stuff. First of all, Carson thought it was so cool that he had a "credit card" to go buy toys with. But of course, like most kids, he wanted to buy the first thing he looked at. We convinced him to look around and then if he still wanted that first toy we would go back and get it. Well, that went on for about an hour and a half. I think he finally realized that he could get more than one toy with his "credit card". So he got some little transformer guys, the sword set (cheapo set), and a package of little green and tan army guys with tanks and planes etc (the cheap ones that are mounted on those little pieces of plastic or that are laying down or kneeling down, you know). So Carson thinks he got a great deal with his "credit card". Let me just say, he loves playing with the little army guys that I played with when I was a little kid. And it is great to see him using his imagination so much.

While we were in there Daneen noticed that all of their clothes (yes Toys R Us sells kids clothes) were like 50% off the already clearance prices. So she went into bargain shopper mode and found some great deals on shoes and clothes for the little guy.


We Scored on four pairs of shoes, a pair of flip flops, and a nike sweatshirt. The total came to like $35 or $40!!!!!!! I kicked myself when we got home for not buying a bunch of the $5 Chuck Taylor's and selling them on eBay......grrrr. So, needless to say, when you're in Toys R Us next time see if they are having a smokin' deal!

Fun Stuff

Tonight for part of Family Home Evening we played a very intense and heated game of Memory with Carson. He is getting pretty good at it. The first time he and I played the first card he would turn over was always the same one. Now he is catching on and can actually fend for himself. He has to because Daneen doesn't show him any mercy. Of course after Daneen won he got a little upset. So to cheer him up I showed him the magic of static electricity:

Yikes!!!!

Gotta love playing keep it up

Carson spent about 45 minutes laughing at his mom's hair sticking up. It was hilarious. Balloons have got to be one of the cheapest forms of entertainment available.

Hopefully Daneen's case of short term memory loss will subside and she will remember how to do this soon. Take care.


-paul