Tuesdays With MeMe

John Brady

Tuesday afternoon the girls were getting ready to go to Dance class with Kim

Brady was attending a meeting at Northport Elementary

about the upcoming Disney World trip and performance

John Brady was not happy that he was being left at home with MeMe

So......

I offered to take him to Wal Mart

and

Kim offered him his Wal Mart gift card to spend

(He won the gift card for placing in the art contest a few weeks ago)

John Brady and I took off to Wal Mart

I allowed him to go down every aisle in the toy department

as slowly as he wanted

(I asked a employee to check the card amount for us...$15.00)

I had decided to make up the difference if he picked something over $15.00

up to $10.00

First JB3 picked a game

Yes sirree, this was it

As we walked on to get out of the toy department

I heard the UUH OOHH

and as I turned around

he was putting down the game and picked up another toy

Is that it I asked

Yes, I want this

Okay, we'll get that then

Let's go get the two things MeMe needs

Okay....as we are walking out of the toy department

with JB3 about two steps behind me

and then

UUH OOHH

I recognized the sound

and again

JB3 put down the toy and picked up

what could only be described as fun but

a throw away as quick as possible toy

I am not sure what you called this toy or even if you would call it a toy

It is a little water aquarium

you drop moon sand into the water

and it makes castle like designs

I knew his Mama was going to be so proud

So...

JB3 tucked it under his arm and we started out of the toy department

Can you guess......

UUH OOHH

I look back and he has stopped at a display of some little

transformer looking toys

they were not transformers

I think they were something like

Dragun?

Anyway.....He was amazed

I asked if he knew about them

No...but he was interested

Now....the toy he had finally decided on was

only $12.88

So

I told John Brady that I would buy him one of these

little toys since he could totally pay for his toy

with his gift card

We found one of the little transforming toys

that was in my up to $10.00 price range

JB3 was a happy camper

We took off for the groceries section

MeMe found what she needed

and

we headed to check out

As I was putting my two items up to be checked out

I told JB3 to hand me his game

As I looked at him I realized that

He was holding the toy I was buying in one hand

and

the gift card in the other hand

but no toy that he had took so much time picking out

I asked

John Brady, where is your toy that you are buying

with your gift card???

He replied

I put it down back there

Oh, No

We'll go back and get it

No, said John Brady

Why, asked MeMe

and here it is

I'm just going to get this toy that you are paying for

and

I am saving my gift card

There you go

One smart boy