A story WRITTEN by Granny B.
After I had picked up both boys and had them together in the car, I told them what we were going to do.......shop first, then meet everyone at Luby's for a birthday party.As we drove to DollarTree, I again gave both boys some instructions about how we were going to shop......stay together, shop for two items each, look for something "suitable" for a grandmother gift, etc.
We got just inside the store when Braylon suddenly called a halt......put his hands on his hips (somewhat like I've seen his mother and his grandmother do!!!) and in a voice somewhat like the above-mentioned females, say "Granny, we HAVE to look on the toy aisle FIRST! THEN we can look for a granny gift!" (Priorities have to be established!!) It didn't take either boy very long to locate two items each---after I decreed we would NOT buy the swords. Then....in a "typical male fashion" we made our way to the next aisle and the VERY FIRST ITEM THEY LAID THEIR EYES ON was their choice for the grandmother birthday gifts! (Thankfully, they didn't spy a plumber's helper first!!)
In a split second, they were on their way to the cash register to pay out.....their goal complete!!! I had to bribe them into making a minor detour thru the candy aisle to look for the chocolate turtles to add to the flower pots and to grab two small gift bags---of course, that's where they spied the packages of cotton candy and what grandma could resist their pleas when they had been so good!!!
You would have been proud of both of them---they actually stuck with me, didn't put up too much resistance about the swords, and cooperated every step of the trip!! It was also cute to see them carry in the two little bags--they were "proud as peacocks" to have selected their own flowers and candy for the two grandmas!!!Every now and then, we get a "glimpse" of civilization from two lively, noisy, messy....but highly loveable little boys!!! It made a sweet birthday memory for this grandma!!...and perhaps one the boys will remember, too!
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Remember our trips to the dollar store? Boy, do I miss you. So much. Think of you all the time.
Yes, I remember. Weird that you just said that - I was thinking about that very thing about how I don't have anyone else in my life who would humor my love for junk stores like you did way back when! We had some fun... I do believe we will be reunited again!!!
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