Shopping with 3-year-olds

Since her mom was working this morning, my Little Man and I spent some time with his best Bud-ette. We had 45 minutes to kill before preschool started and her mom left BB with a gift card and instructions to buy something for herself, LM and the Big Sisters. So off to the dollar bins at Target we go.

Immediately, BB (with her sparkly earrings, pink dress and painted toes) keyed in on what she wanted–plastic snakes! For the LM, maybe a water gun, but he just couldn’t decide, of course. BB found her big sister’s gift just as quickly–Strawberry Shortcake lotion. The LM still couldn’t decide (now it was between glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs and Spiderman crayons). He choose a paint-by-number kit for his big sister. And finally! The GITD Dinos for him.

We leave the bins to pick up a few things I need. About 20 feet away, LM changes his mind–again! After I finish shopping and begging him to chill out (“We ARE going back, in just a few minutes.”), we head back to the bins.

Now, he wants a bouncy ball…or dino stickers…or wait! What’s that? A dart gun. Oh dear. Then, Miss Plastic Snakes changes her mind. Great!

If you’ve been keeping up, you probably still don’t know what we bought. Neither do I. All I am certain of is this: The receipt totaled $4.32 and foam darts are hitting me in the back of the head. Lovely.

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