Our Adventure to Toys R Us

Today I was feeling a little down. Caden has been sick and we have been tied to the house. I felt like I really shouldn't run him all over town with a cough, congested nose, and ear infection. I have been feeling a little stir crazy. He seemed to be doing better this afternoon and it has been hotter than blazes so I decided that we were going to wander the isles of Toys R Us and find some water guns.

We found some really great deals. I actually got the water guns (super soaker water guns) for $8, regularly marked $19. They were supposed to be 20% off, but someone screwed up and marked them down way to much and then they still gave me the 20% off of that. And guess who got the awesome deal right before the manager went and took the rest of them off the shelf. Sweet!!!! I love a good deal. We then found some great clearance items regularly $ 60, I got them for $16.
We began this shopping adventure by stopping by the gumball machine. Caden decided on the ginormous fruit shaped gum. We put in our quarters and turned the crank. As the gum came tumbling down I thought that it sounded kind of big and heavy. Once Caden got his hands positioned under the machine I opened the little door for the gum to fall out into his hands. We were both astonished to see not 1, but 3 huge pieces of fruit gum come stumbling out of the machine. I just burst out laughing as Caden began jumping up and down cheering with great excitement.

I am also pleased to report that as we were walking into the store my phone rang. I was very glad to see that it was one of my favorite friends to talk to. She's one of those friends that we usually feel better after talking, venting, and laughing with each other for a while. I am grateful for her. So I enjoyed a great conversation with her while I gave Caden a chance to look the whole store over while I followed him around. He was in hog heaven.

We decided to skip the library and the one return I needed to take care of to go straight home and have a water fight with our new water guns. Caden couldn't wait. We had a blast and Caden thought it was hilarious to watch me run from him squealing. I had him laughing so hard that I had to stand still in order for him to hit me with the water. It was great fun and felt really good to get out and laugh a lot.

Mom, Can I Have a Pickle?

Caden was watching a Word World episode where they were talking about trying new foods. A pickle is one of the things that they tried and decided that they liked. Caden decided that he would like to try it too. When he is trying out new foods he licks them first. His face was so funny when he licked the pickle. Too cute. He didn't really care for the taste of it, but still decided to try a bite. He pulled that "this is so nasty" face and said with great delight, "I like it mom!". He carefully placed the pickle on the counter and told me that he was full.

That day I ate 2 pickles. I am anti waste!

Our Dog Dusty

This is our dog Dusty. He is a Wheaten Terrier that we rescued from a dog shelter. This happened to be back in February right around Mike and Caden's Birthdays. Caden and I were driving in the car one day when we had this conversation:


Mom?


Yes Caden?


I think Grandma is going to get me a dog for my birthday.


I don't think she is love. I think grandma would have talked to me about that first.


(a quiet moment to ponder his thoughts...)


No one that cares about me will get me a dog! (this was said with all the sadness he could muster)


This is the day that we went to the animal shelter and found Dusty. I didn't really intend on getting a dog that day. We had gone and played with the puppies at the pet store many times knowing that we just were not getting one. I guess there was just something about Dusty that we liked. I felt that he would be a good dog and he really turned out to be just that. So now we have our little boy and his dog.

Every little boy should have a dog. Don't you think?