Presents
For Halloween, the grandparents gave the kids some nice little holiday cards. And they put some money in them.
For my birthday Friday, the kids made a me a couple of cards. It’s always fun to hear their explanations for why they put a certain sticker or doodle on the card. And they always make me smile. A bit after giving me the cards they made, Junior comes walking up to me later with her hands behind her back. She pulls out something from behind her back and hands it to me. It’s the card that the grandparents gave her. Except that she’s scratched out her name and wrote my name there, addressing it to me. And in the card is the $20 she got from the grandparents, which she said that it was the best present ever. I had to agree. She gave me what was the most important thing to her that day. I kinda teared up a little.
I told her I had my eye on a new DS game so maybe she could go with me and we’d spend my money on that. She said it was a good idea then gave me a coupon for a free ice cream, another gift she values immensely.
Later, me and the wife had a good laugh about it, she pointed out that the grandparents only gave the kids $10 each. So Junior had taken her brothers money and given it to me too.
Still, it’s the thought that counts.
November 1st, 2010 at 10:23 am
Awesome, Unc.
I was sick as a dog all day yesterday, and sometime around 1 I dragged my sorry butt downstairs to make the kids lunch. The kids had been strangely silent while I was upstairs resting, and I was afraid at what kind of devastation I would find when I got downstairs.
What had kept their attention for the latter part of the morning?
They both made me “Get Well” cards.
I was touched.
November 1st, 2010 at 10:25 am
That was sweet.
November 1st, 2010 at 11:25 am
So did Junior take her Brother’s money with or without his permission?
November 1st, 2010 at 11:39 am
she pointed out that the grandparents only gave the kids $10 each. So Junior had taken her brothers money and given it to me too.
LOL – you are raising a Democrat.
November 1st, 2010 at 12:38 pm
…or a mafiosi..LOL
November 1st, 2010 at 6:12 pm
What’s the difference?
November 1st, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Maffiosi don’t presume to be the good guys.
November 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 am
He is not raising a Democrat. He is raising a big sister, and this incident is one of many that constitute “big sister training” for the young man of the family.
Such training will stand him in good stead as he grows older and faces the normal vicissitudes of adult life. He will, for example, recognize such tyranny immediately whenever anyone else tries it on him, and will not put up with it.
At least that’s how my kids worked it.
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:38 am
Ah, yes, the devious trickiness is innate in teh wimminz.
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Awww, that’s sweet!
What DS game was it?