Anyway, the other night Art and Ben went through Art's toys a bit and chose some things to give away. After filling a bag with unwanted toys we decided it was a good time to go to the used toy store. I told Art he could pick out one new toy after giving away so many old ones. Unfortunately I didn't specify what was acceptable...
There were some really big things there. One was a huge ride on train that must have weighed 30 pounds and it was $90! He was NOT happy about being denied that one! But he got over it and played with a Polly Pocket thing for a while. Then he saw another colossal thing way up high. He threw a big fit about not getting that one. Being the persistent and hot-button three-year-old that he is he was not recovering from this meltdown and I was ready to leave the store when he said he had to pee and was temporarily calmed. During that post-pee calm he found a grab-bag of plastic bugs. He was IN LOVE. After finding that bag of "spiders" he was ready to leave. He kept saying, "Let's pay, Mama! Let's pay so I can open it!" Price for said spiders? $3.50.
I opened the bag at the store and he lined them all up in a bassanet. On the drive home he set them out on his legs and made them talk. One of them "helped" me drive. I couldn't have been happier to see him find something that he liked so much and for that thing to be so beautifully simple.
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living clutter free is a lifestyle. Maybe those spiders can help.
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